Julius Ceasar

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1. Ceasar  defeated the sons of Pompey in the battle of Munda in Spain and there were celebrations.

2. The Tribunes,Flavius and Marullus did not like the celebrations.

3. During the celebration of the Feast of Lupercal a soothsayer warned Ceasar to beware of the Ides of March.

4. Antony offered Ceasar a crown thrice, but Ceasar refused it.

5.  Brutus did not like Ceasar to become the king of Rome.

6.  Cassius, Casca, Cicero made a plot against Ceasar.


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1.  Cassius,Brutus,Casca,Cicero made a plot against Ceasar.
2.   Strange scenes, events and unnatural happenings occurred in Rome
3.   Men were found walking in flames. A night owl sat in the market place at noon and shrieked
4.  These strange happenings are a warning to Rome that one man has grown too powerful.
5.  Cinna joined the conspiracy.
6.   Casius gave Cinna the letters to be thrown inside Brutus's house.
7.   The letters were supposed to be written by the admirers  of Brutus, urging him to save Rome from the clutches of Ceasar.
8.  The conspirators believed that seeing the letters Brutus would join them.


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1. After putting the letters Cassius, Trebonius, Decius,Casca,Cinna and Metellus came to meet Brutus.
2. They decided to kill Ceasar.
3.  The next task was to tempt Ceasar to come to the Capitol.
4.  Decius volunteered to bring Ceasar to the Capitol.
5   It was the morning of the Ides of March.
6.  Calphurnia had been troubled by bad dreams. She had vision of murder thre times.  She did not allow Ceasar to go out.
7.  Decius came to prompt him to go to the Senate. Ceasar told him about Calphurnia's dream and said that he was not coming to the Senate.
8.  Decius said that the dream means that Rome will receive new strength and greatness from Ceasar.  He added that the Senators had planned to give him a crown.
9.  Artimidorious warned Ceasar.


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1.  Ceasar disregarded all hte warnings and went to the Senate House.
2.  Mettellus pressed towards Ceasar with a petition for the recall of his brother Publius from banishment.
3. Ceasar flatly rejected the request.
4.  Brutus and other conspirators crowded round Ceasar.
5.  Suddenly Casca stabbed Ceasar in the neck from behind.
6.  All the others rushed upon their victim.  Brutus was the last to strike.


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1.  Young Octavius and Mark Antony were coming down upon Brutus and Cassius with a great force.
2.   Brutus and other conspirators decided to march to Phillippi.
3.  When left alone the ghost of Ceasar appeared befor Brutus.
4.  The ghost said that he would meet Brutus at Phillippi.
5.  Brutus and Cassius marched with their army towards Phillippi.


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1.   Some arguments took place between Octavius  and Brutus.
2.   Octavius said that he would take revenge for the thirty-three wounds of Ceasar.
3.  The battle started and went on.
4.  Cassius's army was defeated by Antony.
5.  Cassius managed to flee to a hill with Titinius and Pindarus.
6.  Brutus army gained a small victory over Octavius.
7.  Pindarus told Cassius that Titinius was taken prisoner.
8.  Cassius told Pindarus to stab him and Pindarus obeyed his master's orders.


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1.  Ceasar  fell down dead.
2. Conspirators cried out "peace, freedom and liberty!"
3. Brutus extended to Antony the offer of friendship inspite of Cassius' uneasiness and doubts.
4.  Antony asked permission to speak at Ceasar's funeral and Brutus agreed.
5.  The Romans assembled at the Forum to know why Ceasar had been murdered.


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1.  Brutus and Antony took their positions to address the Romans.
2.  Brutus spoke first. He said," Had Ceasar lived, each Roman would have become a slave".
3. Next Antony came to the Forum, carrying Ceasar's bleeding body.
4.  Antony said that Ceasar was not ambitious. He had denied the crown thrice. He had enriched the public treasury.  Whenever the poor cried, Ceasar wept for them.
5.  Antony said that Ceasar had left a will with him.  He read the will.  Ceasar had bequeathed to the Romans all his private roads, his groves of trees and newly planted orchards.  He had also left seventy-five drachmas to each of them.
6.  The furious mob rushed off to set fire to the traitors houses.


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1.   Antony, Octavious, and Lepidus,  the three men of power, formed the governing council known as the triumvirate.
2.  They devised ways and means to encounter the forces of Brutus and Cassius.
3. Brutus and Cassius had fled Rome after Antony's speech.  They were in exile near Sardis in Asia Minor.  They had raised an army in the Eastern Mediterranean.


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1.  Titinus killed himself when he came to know of Cassius' death.
2.  Brutus went to the battle field to try his luck in a second fight.
3.  Brutus' army was defeated in the battle.  Heretired to a rock with the remaining friends.  Brutus asked them to kill him.
4.  Brutus' friends told him to flee.
5.  Brutus was left alone in another  part of the plain with Strato, his faithful servant.  At his request Strato held the sword and Brutus ran upon it.
6.  Antony paid the warmest tribute to Brutus.


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