...realize how good you may have it, until it's no longer there for you to have at all. This statement applied directly to the people of Rome after the death of their leader, Julius Caesar. Caesar was an ambitious man but gave his people what they earned. However, several of his people including Marcus Brutus only saw the ambitious side to him. They did not realize how much Caesar loved Rome and his people, and did not take it into consideration until Antony recalled all the good he had done for Rome and his people. Julius Caesar was a good leader to Rome and all the people below him. This was proven several times in the funeral speech given by Antony. It is possible to say he was a good leader for many reasons that Antony told of in his funeral speech on behalf of his good friend, Caesar. Julius Caesar cared for the poor when he did not have to care simply because who he was; the leader of Rome. In Act III, scene ii, lines 90-93, Antony explains to the plebeians that when the poor cried, Caesar was right there with them weeping. Caesar was a leader of Rome, and not many leaders would care who was poor. He was not poor, he had all he needed, so why would he have wept with them? One reason, because Caesar was a good leader. If the people of Rome were poor and weeping, so was their...
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...Have you ever met a leader that is greatly appreciated yet has to make irresistible sacrifices in order to please his people? Julius Caesar is an incredible war leader who has many good characteristics. However, Caesar has refused the crown of Rome in order to keep Rome a republic. Everybody loved Caesar except for a few people who managed to change others viewpoints of him. Even though Caesar may convert Rome to a Dictatorship he is a phenomenal leader because he is undefeated in war and is loved by most of Rome. Julius Caesar was loved by everyone at a point in time. He loved Rome and was the most loyal to it. Caesar kept declining the crown of Rome which if he would have accepted it, Rome would have become a dictatorship, which many Romans feared. “I thrice presented him a kingly crown,/ Which he did thrice refuse. Was this ambition?” (III.II.98-99) stated Antony. Brutus believe that Caesar was ambitious, and Brutus was an honorable man. Caesar was a fantastic Roman senator and war leader. Julius Caesar has never lost a war in his entire career. Caesar just recently returned back to Rome in triumph after a successful military campaign against...
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...Anyone can be a leader. You can find a leader within your friends, family, authorities, or even your peers. Throughout life you come across many leaders, but what makes a good leader? A good leader has tolerance, dominance, passion, respect, confidence, clarity, empathy, sympathy, and many other traits, but most of all, a good leader is honest, listens to his people, and takes charge. In Julius Caesar, by William Shakespeare, the story begins in Rome with the celebration of Julius Caesar’s victory over Pompey, one of his enemies. Although Caesar was considered an outstanding general by many, not everyone supported him, and some even took down celebration decorations. Cassius was among those who were disapproving of Caesar, and he even plotted to kill him. For the success of his plot, Cassius acted as though Caesar’s death would be in Rome’s best interest, but he needs credibility, which is why he reached out to Brutus, a beloved and patriotic...
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...Mero 1 Julius Caesar’s Background Julius Caesar was born in 100 BC to a very wealthy family. Caesars father Gaius Julius Caesar looked over the province of Asia. Aurelia Cotta was his mother and there is nothing written about Julius Caesar’s childhood. When Caesar’s father passed away unexpectedly, Caesar became of leader of the family at the age of 16. Before he even turned 17 he had already begun a civil war where he assisted his uncle Gaius Marius against his enemy Lucius Sulla. With helping his uncle out, he was nominated as the highest priest of Jupiter which was an honor to serve the three Gods. He had always been destined for greatness from the time he was born. In 61-60 BC his dominating career began. He served as the governor of...
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...Hello fellow senators, I am here today to explain to you why Julius Caesar should not be killed but should be kept alive. He may have done some disrespectful things, however, I have 3 main reasons as to why he should stay. Caesar gave to the poor which is amazing, he was a very strong military leader, and last of all, Caesar improved the city's society in many various ways. With all these reasons, I will proceed to explain them in more depth. First of all, Julius Caesar gave to the poor. He distributed free grain which is incredible and gave whole free land to the poor so they could have somewhere to live. Can you believe it? Also Caesar gave an outlet for poor people to improve their lives. That's not all, he also provided money for...
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...Neanderthal to the charismatic Julius Caesar, humans have selfishly betrayed one another since the dawn of time. Written by William Shakespeare, Julius Caesar portrays the tragedy of the Roman ruler. Deceived by his friends, Caesar is brutally murdered as the conspirators try to prevent him from ascending to the throne as the next leader of Rome. By placing their own egotistical interests and misconceptions before Rome’s, the conspirators wrongfully murdered Julius Caesar. Throughout the play, Brutus continually questions whether or not he should follow through with the plan to assassinate Caesar. He even makes the remark several times that Caesar personally did nothing to him saying, “It must be by his death; and for my part, I know no personal cause to spurn at him, but for the general. He would be crown'd: How that might change his nature, there's the question” (II.i.10). Brutus recognizes that other than his own fears for the future, Caesar has done nothing to deserve death. The conspirators repeatedly claim that because of Caesar’s unruly ambition, he would take the throne and expose his greedy, selfish side, although he has never shown any sign to actually having one. Convincing Brutus of this, they become obsessed with the idea that Julius Caesar would become a megalomaniac after his rise to the throne, making this the main incentive that the conspirators have against him, eventually making a rash decision to “sacrifice” him, supposedly for the good of Rome. Brutus continues...
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...benefit and happiness of others before their own. There are many leaders in the world and a virtuous leader sounds almost the same, but they are a thousand times more important. A regular leader can lead and can lead his men to victory, but cannot put his own life in the midst of his men, and fight with them and for them. A virtuous leader is a person who is willing to put themselves to the least of their concerns for others. A virtuous leader must be courageous, loyal, and trustworthy but not too trusting. A virtuous leader must have courage, in order to fight...
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...Julius Caesar When the name Julius Caesar is heard, it can only trigger the image of a great leader that led Rome into prosperity. Caesar's military excellence brought more power and more land; that lead to the increase of size and strength in Rome. His dictatorship helped the stability and prosperity in Rome. Caesar's assassination lead to a monarchy that was ruled by Octavin. His death lead to a domino effect ending in the ultimate collapse of the Roman Empire. Many people of the 21st century follow the path of Julius Caesar and try to be as great as he was. The assassination of Julius Caesar was a tragedy due to the contributions he made to Rome's prosperity during his life, and the chaos that occurred in Rome after his death. The contributions that Caesar made towards the strength of Rome's success, and the chaos and collapse of Rome after his death made the assassination of Julius Caesar a tragedy. Julius Caesar was assassinated by his own senate on March 15 44 BC; also known as the Ides of March. As he was walking in to the senate house, a man told him to beware the Ides of March. He ignored this statement and walked into the senate house. At this time some of the Senate members surrounded Caesar in a stealthy manner and tugged on his toga. As he looked around he was stabbed by many of the senate members multiple times. He collapsed to the ground and lay on the marble floor dead, next to the feet of Pompey's statue. (Nardo 94) Caesar's military eminence helped...
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...Delich Italian 230 Research Paper Julius Caesar Julius Caesar; he came, he saw, and he conquered. Caesar is one of the most well-known Emperors of Rome and one of the most influential historical figures. Caesar was a politician and general of the late Roman republic, who greatly extended the Roman Empire before seizing power and making himself dictator of Rome, paving the way for the imperial system. The story of Caesar’s rise to power and fall from grace is one that has been told since the time of the Romans. His accomplishments and contributions to Roman society and the world will surely never be forgotten. Julius Caesar was a distinguished general, influential politician, and a fierce dictator. Julius Caesar was born in Rome around July 13, 100 BC. Although, he hailed from Roman aristocrats, his family was far from rich. When Caesar was 16 his father, Gaius Caesar, died. “His family was closely connected with the Marian faction in Roman politics” (Historical Figures, Julius Caesar par. 2). At around the time of his father's death, Caesar made a large effort to side with the country's nobility. “His marriage to Cornelia, the daughter of a noble, had drawn the ire of Rome's dictator, Sulla, who ordered the young Roman to divorce his wife or risk losing his property” (Caesar Julius, par 5). Caesar refused and found escape in the military, serving first in the province of Asia and then in Cilicia. Following the death of Sulla, Caesar returned to Rome to begin his career...
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...story of Julius Caesar is very rarely looked upon as a success. When the conspirators against Julius Caesar hatched the plan to assassinate him, they over- looked major key factors. Caesar was known as a great leader in Rome's society who who had gained great wealth and power. When Caesar had passed, Rome fell to ruins. The conspiracy was not a success because of Caesar's influence after death, Antony's loyalty to him, and the presence of Caesar's ghost. When the conspiracy finally went along with their plan to eliminate Julius, the people of Rome went mad. Caesar's influence after death made the citizens run the streets like maniacs. They acted as if they had just lost their whole world. Everyone including children were sobbing and screaming. " Men, wives, and children, stare, cry out, and run, as if it were doomsday!" (JC 3.1.98) After the conspirators were given the report of the people, they too wanted to do something to honor the Great Caesar. The leader's influence not only...
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...In the play Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare my character, Flavius, is a tribune. In Rome a tribune is a man who is elected by the people to be and officer or magistrate to protect the rights of the citizens from a higher power and get their views on things into the mind of the king or other royalty. During Pompy’s rule over Rome, Pompy felt as if Julius Caesar was becoming much too powerful. Julius Caesar was gaining power with his military and his military strategies and his intelligence was growing fast. Pompy began to see Julius’s rising and acted on it by removing his seat in the roman consul. Julius Caesar became enraged and revolted against Pompy, Julius Caesar became gathered his army to go and kill Pompy. As Pompy was handling the conflict he retreated to Egypt. Julius followed him in a furious pursuit only to find Pompy already assassinated in Egypt. My role in Rome as a tribune was to stand up to Julius Caesar to protect the lives of the people, and show the people of Rome that what Julius had done in his act of aggression to Pompy was wrong. But, when Julius returned to Rome the people all cheered and acted as little sheep following the leader, and wanted to elect Julius as the new King, a ceremony was even held in the center of town to elect Julius. Julius acted as another tribune by telling the people of Rome that he attacked Pompy for them and for their rights, Julius told the people that he is standing by believing in what Pompy was doing was wrong and that...
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...Julius Caesar, he was a man who lived a loose life without morals; he’s the one who destroyed his country. The one who made an entire empire starve. Although he was also the one who turned the roman republic into the powerful Roman Empire that we know today. He’s the one who lead the large roman army, concurring all that the eye can see. Julius Caesar Lived a life full power from his early life through his military years. Even though Julius Caesar had governed Rome for several years but being assassinated by his own people. This was Julius Caesar. When Julius was born around July 12or 13 100 B.c., which started a new chapter begin in the history of Rome. He had a legend that he will be great and bring fame to Rome. Caesar’s father was Gaius Caesar, who was a Rome senator. No one...
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...Was Brutus’s or Antony’s speech more effective at Caesar’s funeral? In Shakespeare’s play, Julius Caesar, Brutus was a Roman politician who used to be Julius Caesar’s best friend back then, but some tragic things happened. Such as Brutus getting manipulated by Cassius (a Roman senator who was against Caesar), joining a conspiracy group, stabbing poor Caesar, and then telling all the Roman citizens that Caesar was ambitious at his own funeral because he feared he would destroy Rome. While on the other hand, Antony was a Roman general who was a real friend of Caesar. After Caesar's death, he took on the role of being a leader and stood up for him at his funeral. At the funeral where both Brutus and Antony spoke, Antony was a better eulogist. He used more...
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...Julius Caesar - BBC Shakespeare Collection: Analysis Julius Caesar was written in 1599 by William Shakespeare. Shakespeare was one of the greatest writers of his time and most popular in the modern era, with Julius Caesar being one of his greatest works. In his work Julius Caesar, Shakespeare shows the fluctuation of power in Rome and the problems that came with it. Shakespeare expresses the abuse of power and the struggles to obtain in a society that was at its peak. However with great power comes great responsibility along with challenges and dangers. There is no absolute power; every power has limitations; especially when you are just a human, power itself is more than a name or position; it is something that people must do. Every character within Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar has some form of power, however the biggest issue of power in this story, is the change of power in the rulers of Rome. Here once again Shakespeare displays to us many different kinds of power and the use and abuse of it such as, people with power using it just for their convenience. Julius Caesar, the protagonist of this story is the center of power; he is also the first logical person to be introduced. Upon his arrival, he is hailed as a great man who has been offered the crown numerous times, refusing it each time, he is to be seen as the hero of the people at that time. However, when Caesars past actions are looked upon we are meant to question if he has true heroism. These actions being that...
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...Julius Caesar is one of the most well known leaders of Rome. But was he a good leader that helped Rome with its problems or was he just a power hungry individual who only cared about being praised? Julius Caesar in general is a pretty controversial person in history because he did do things that were both good and bad. However, if you look at both, the good he did to and for Rome wasn’t your ordinary things. He is the one of the greatest military minds and he helped start the evolution of an ordinary Roman Republic into a strong Roman Empire. Frankly though, to actually get the full picture of the many great things he did for Rome though, you would have to start at the beginning. The Great Julius Caesar was born into a patrician family and was a nephew of famous Roman general, Marius. After the death of Marius, his life kinda takes a turn, but in early 60 B.C. he creates his own political career and military as well. Because of his success with his new “pastime”, he campaigned for consulship in 60 B.C. and was...
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