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All Roads lead to the Roman Empire!
Mar 03, 2006 12:38 PM 7178 Views
(Updated Mar 03, 2006 12:40 PM)

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THE ROMAN EMPIRE


Julius Caesar is one of the best tragedies from the greatest dramatists of all times, William Shakespeare. The story takes us all the way back to the ancient Rome, the land of ancient legends, Gods and wars. The Roman Empire might have been the strongest and the most influential one of the ancient era.


The Empire had a strong and disciplined millitary force, and the only challenge which was worth mentioning came from the general of Carthage, Hannibal, but still Rome reigned supreme and Carthage stayed in the ruins. The statement ''All roads lead to Rome'' says it all. Well, without the attack of the Barbarians, Rome would have had even a better history.


Even if the Empire saw many of the greatest rulers and conquerers in the history, including Augustus as well as Claudius Caesar (also some crazy emperors - When Rome was burning, Nero was playing the violin), no one may have made an impact as Julius Caesar did, even if he was murdered brutally as a result of his failure to know and stop the civil wars. His role in the development of Rome is supposed to be phenomenal, and his conquest of the Gauls was just a part of his military excellence.


We can see that this Roman dictator was also portrayed in some of the Asterix Comics. No wonder Shakespeare selected this man's death to write on of his best works, because it was one of the most dramatic incidents in the history, and with his excellent ideas, he has managed to make the story even more interesting, adding different flavours that the readers would love to keep in their minds.


I had first read it while studying in 11th, and there is one long speech which made me read this story again and again, along with a certain amount of love for the Greek and Roman mythology, they had various beliefs, rituals which were quite amazing as well as confusing at the same time! No wonder that they are depicted in lots of books, video games and movies (Who can forget the movie, Gladiator?).


RETURN OF CAESAR


Julius Caesar has returned home after one of his famous victories, this time over another Roman, Pompey. As people takes a holiday to celebrate this victory, there are a few who are not happy about this. In the mean time Caesar gets a warning from a sooth sayer to be careful about the ides of March (the middle ie the 15th of March). But Caesar didn't give much importance to what he said, and continued with the celebrations.


At the same time, there was a plot going on against him, and one of his favourite men, Brutus was also a part of it, thanks to some motivation by Cassius, his friend. Its now March 15th, and Caesar's wife have some bad dreams. She asks him not to go out, but he gives no attention to her pleas and says ''What can be avoided Whose end is purposed by the mighty gods?'', he was certainly courageous, you will know it from his words itself.


''Cowards die many times before their deaths,


The valiant never taste of death but once.''


THE TRAGEDY


But courage doesn't always bring the best of results, as he is stabbed to death by the conspirators, but as he was perplexed only when Brutus made the move, and asked ''You too, Brutus?''.. It was something that shocked him the most before he died. But Mark Antony, the millitary commander, and supporter of Caesar fled, and later, pretending to be an ally of the conspirators, he had been planning to strike with the help of Octavius Caesar, the appointed successor of Julius Caesar.


It is the time for Caesar's funeral, and after explaining his reasons for murdering Caesar, Brutus made the biggest mistake of his life, by letting Mark Antony make his speech. It took only a few minutes before the crowd got the taste of one of the best speeches in history, and this man was able to turn the crowd against the conspirators with his mastery over the words.


As the angry mob gets more and more furious, Brutus and Cassius fled and managed to raise an army, but they have to do more than that to fight the large wave of armies lead by Antony and Octavious. Now the war is on, and the morale goes even down with the visit of Caesar's ghost. Now what will the conspirators do with a certain defeat waiting for them?


A REAL MASTERPIECE


After all, Brutus was a noble man and a true patriot. The only thing he wished for, was the well-being of the Roman Empire. He was almost successful in mission, but a few words from Mark Antony changed his world. Mark Antony was a true supporter, and a fighter, but there is no substitute for the skill of his tongue, because it was able to make the whole Roman Empire stand behind him, and more than that, it even made Caesar a better man.


The story makes the readers know about the power of words, it happened to be even more powerful than the determination of Brutus and Cassius, and even the dagger which wrote Caesar's end. One man made the difference, and the conspirators could do nothing about it. Along with the historic touch, this one also proves to a story with a difference.


Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears;


I come to bury Caesar, not to praise him;


The evil that men do lives after them,


The good is oft interréd with their bones,


So let it be with Caesar….


Read the whole speech of Mark Antony, its just rocking.....


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