Today's installment is the second of a two part series on The Gracchi and Their Reforms,our selection by Theodor Mommsen.Previously in The
The Gracchi and Their Reforms
This series has two easy 5 minute installments. IntroductionCornelia, whose father was Scipio Africanus, preferred to be called "Mother of the
Julius Caesar Murdered – 7
Today's installment concludes Julius Caesar Murdered,the name of our combined selection by Barthold Georg Niebuhr and Plutarch. The concluding
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He was not gone far from the door when a slave, who belonged to some other person, attempted to get up to speak to him but finding it impossible, by
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A few days after, his statues were seen adorned with royal diadems; and Flavius and Marullus, two of the tribunes, went and tore them off.Continuing
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Caesar's conduct toward those who had fought in the ranks of Pompey and afterward returned to him was extremely noble.Continuing Julius Caesar
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In the year of Caesar's death, Brutus and Cassius were praetors. Both had been generals under Pompey.Continuing Julius Caesar Murdered,with a
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But although Caesar did not himself confer the consulship, yet the whole republic was reduced to a mere form and appearance.Continuing Julius Caesar
Julius Caesar Murdered
This series has seven easy 5 minute installments.IntroductionCaesar's assassination forms the groundwork of one of Shakespeare's most notable