HIST-1107EL Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Imperium, Pontifex Maximus, Incitatus
6 Dec 2020
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The shift from republic to principate, the late republic collapses in on itself in the 1st century bce, there are a series of dynastic leaders (sulla, pompey, caesar) who rise and fall. Caesar was declared dictator for life in 44 bce and was seen to be acting like a king, in a time when. We are given a description of the assassination by suetonius, 23 conspirators who stabbed caesar in the senate house at the theatre of pompey. Brutus, caesar"s friend and former ally, stabbed caesar last. Brutus and cassius are quick to try and explain that the assassination was to liberate the public from the tyranny of caesar. Brutus issues a coin features janius brutus, the man who overthrew the last king of. On opposite side is cap of liberty and two daggers. The propaganda created after the assassination aimed at classifying the conspirators as murderers or liberators of the republic.
