Classical Studies 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Staccato, Lucretius, Contrapposto

• School: Western University
• Department: Classical Studies
• Course: Classical Studies 1000
• Professor: David Lamari

Document Summary

Most of the assassins who killed caesar had been pardoned by him at least once. Caesar"s best friend brutus was the descendant of the original brutus who had driven out the kings originally. Caesar was gone, but his soldiers were still present. The conspirators had thought that they should also get rid of caesar"s lead lieutenants. In particular, mark anthony who was co-consul with caesar. Brutus insisted that they not kill ma, saying they were not in the business of murdering people, they were simply getting rid of caesar. Ma"s funeral for caesar was an interesting historical moment - If caesar"s conspirators were indeed murderers, then they needed to be held to account. If they were not then that meant caesar had been a dictator/tyrant who was taken down due to his corruption and all his laws and reforms were no longer valid.