he was murdered by Brutus, and several other Councilmen, but how did they get him to go to the Senate House? I know they tricked him, but how? what was said to him?
2007-12-05 04:46:50 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
Caesar's assassination by members of the cabal of conspirators led by Cassius numbered at around sixty .
Caesar was not necessarily misled for he was on his way to the Roman Senate anyway because there was an issue to be voted upon regarding the prophecy that only a king could fulfill the prophecy of the Parthians being defeated by this king as one of the priests named Lucius Cotta , who was the caretaker of the Sibylline Books which contained this prophecy felt that Caesar was the only one capable of doing this .
The conspirators were devoted to prevent Caesar being voted into power and thus fulfilling this prophecy .
More germane to your question is that Caesar was not necessarily tricked into attending that day's session of the Senate for it was Decimus Brutus , rumored to be Caesar's son , who accompanied Caesar on their way to the Senate and Caesar trusted him and felt , of course , safe with him .
It was because Anthony was a trusted friend to Caesar that required one of the conspirators named Trebonius to take aside Anthony on a false pretext thus seperateing the two in order to faciltate Caesar's assassination .
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2007-12-05 07:30:19 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
One of the conspirators (Sadly, I cannot remember which one.) came and persuaded Caesar to come to the Senate against his wife's wishes.
Caesar's wife had had a dream about his death. She told Caesar, and after a little time, she was able to persuade him to stay. However, the conspirator came to visit Caesar. Then, he persuaded Caesar to go to the Senate by playing on his vanity and flattering him.
I wish I could give you the actual details, but that isn't a part of the play that really stands out to me. Sorry.
2007-12-05 12:54:23 · answer #2 · answered by Erin 2 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Truth being somewhat stranger than .....
Julius Caesar knew he was dying and had confided in Brutus and Cassius, two young men he trusted even though they didn't always agree on every political issue. He was worried that the reforms he had sought, particularly those involving distribution of land to poor 'hoi polloi', would be overturned when he died.
Brutus suggested that he offer to resign immediately in exchange for promises that his reforms be permanent. Caesar didn't think resignation would send the right signal -- there were too many enemies ready to take advantage of any shift in the political wind and happy to rub Caesar's nose in it.
So, he suggested that as was to die anyway, why not be assassinated, thus achieving martyr's status and making it all but impossible for his reforms to be overturned!
Brutus and Cassius secretly believed this would lead to a return to the glory and puritanical attitudes of old Rome, once Marc Antony was forced into exile.
Things didn't quite turn out as they would wish. They decided to kill Caesar themselves to avoid any mistakes or killing of other senators. Marc Antony turned their deed against them and the whole power struggle that followed depleted the intelligensia bloodlines of Rome.
2007-12-05 14:02:56 · answer #3 · answered by paul s 5 · 2⤊ 2⤋
Who said he was tricked. He worked there, why would he not go there?
2007-12-05 12:50:01 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
Pick up your world history book and READ!
2007-12-05 12:57:15 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
i don't remember that he was tricked. i remember that he simply went there because it was usual for him to go there.
2007-12-05 12:54:17 · answer #6 · answered by KJC 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I thought someone told him Cleopatra was drunk and naked again, but, maybe I am wrong.
2007-12-05 12:55:22 · answer #7 · answered by Snaglefritz 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋