CLST 341- Midterm Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 27 pages long!)

• School: Queen's University
• Department: Classical Studies
• Course: CLST 341
• Professor: Kavanagh

Document Summary

We start this course on march 16, 44 bc the day after the death of julius caesar. Praetor peregrinus judge in charge of cases between roman and non-roman citizens) selected on the fated ides of. Cassius was the primary leader but used brutus as a figurehead. His job was to go up behind caesar and pull his toga down over his shoulders as the signal to begin. First stab was into his neck and it was a total of 23 stabs. About 60 senators knew about the assassination and porcia (who was she. Again?) was the only woman who knew about it. Some other i(cid:373)porta(cid:374)t (cid:374)a(cid:373)es : ju(cid:374)ius brutus al(cid:271)i(cid:374)us (cid:449)as so(cid:373)eho(cid:449) related to ju(cid:374)ius brutus (cid:271)ut (cid:449)e do(cid:374)"t k(cid:374)o(cid:449) ho(cid:449) His job was to ensure that caesar got to the senate, since caesar was (cid:272)o(cid:374)sideri(cid:374)g (cid:374)ot goi(cid:374)g to the e(cid:374)ate (cid:271)e(cid:272)ause of his (cid:449)ife"s drea(cid:373) a(cid:374)d a seer warning him off: trebonius gallus.