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Entry task . Take out a scrap of paper and write 4 things you know which are related to Ancient Rome and/or Julius Caesar. Julius Caesar. Historical Context from 44BC and 1600AD. Ancient Rome. 753 BC – Kingdom of Rome Tiber River 510 BC – Tarquin is King of Rome
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Entry task • Take out a scrap of paper and write 4 things you know which are related to Ancient Rome and/or Julius Caesar.
Julius Caesar Historical Context from 44BC and 1600AD
Ancient Rome • 753 BC – Kingdom of Rome • Tiber River • 510 BC – Tarquin is King of Rome • He is an unpopular king and the strong Roman families decided to get rid of the concept of king altogether
Senate to Caesar • 510 BC: Rome is now governed by a senate • 300 elected senators • Two elected consuls • Each has veto power over the other • (First Consuls: L. Iunius Brutus and L. TarquiniusCollatinus)
Senate to Caesar • The Senate appoints a vast amount of officials to carry out their wishes including: • Law makers • Tribunes • Questors • And GENERALS
First Triumvirate • Crassus • Pompey • Caesar • Caesar is elected as one of the consuls
AleaIactaEst • Caesar is asked by the senate to give up his command • Takes one of his legions across the Rubicon • Civil War begins: Casearvs Pompey
Julius Caesar • Very successful general • Conquered Gaul (France) • Defeated political rivals (Pompey) • His success makes him a god-like figure in the eyes of the populace of Rome • Wanted to keep the senate for bureaucratic purposes.
Three main goals • Suppress armed resistance in provinces • Strong Central Government • Turn the Empire into a single cohesive unit
Rome in 44BC • Caesar had enlarged his own power at the expense of the noble families of the senate • He was not a young man, and had no natural heir • Many feared the political uncertainty that would follow his death
Shakespeare’s England • Huge political and religious turmoil • 1450s War of the Roses + Reformation Era • Henry VII (Catholic) • Henry VIII (Catholic then Protestant) • Edward VI (Protestant) • Mary (Catholic) • Elizabeth I (Protestant)
Where does Shakespeare fit in? • Born during the reign of Elizabeth • Wrote Julius Caesar in 1599
Elizabeth I in 1599AD • Elizabeth had enlarged her own power at the expense of the aristocracy in England • She was not a young woman, and had no natural heir • Many feared the political uncertainty that would follow her death
Extra Credit • Write a sonnet in the Shakespearean style. • It must be about a part of Ancient Roman history during the time of Julius Caesar, Marc Antony and Octavian • 14 lines – Iambic Pentameter • Rhyming structure: • ABAB • CDCD • EFEF • GG