CLASSIC 20 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Octavians, Ennius, Caesarion
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Warnings and omens: nightmare of calpurnia a. i. As caesar approaches the senate, caesar says, the ides of march have come, and she says, they have not gone . Brutus: marcus iunius brutus, figurehead of the plot to kill caesar, 85-42 bce, father killed by pompey d. i. Namesake of killing a tyrant and overthrowing a king d. v. Rumors of caesar as father: mother servilia e. i. Mistress of julius caesar for a long time e. ii. And you too my son (have participated in this murder) Cassius: more the thinker behind the plot, gaius cassius longinus, before 85-42 bce, student of greek philosophy, legate with crassus e. i. He was with crassus when crassus was butchered in syria: governed syria for almost 2 years after carrhae, chose side of pompey in civil war, he was captured and pardoned by caesar, he was made praetor peregrines. Has 2 daggers and pileus (cap of freedom) a. ii. 1.
