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eddierosales
eddierosales
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Where was Caesar assassinated?

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Posted by eddierosales on Monday June 22, 2009 at 8:12 AM and tagged with act3 sc1, assasination, brutus, julius caesar.

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  1. dalepowell1962
    dalepowell1962 Teacher
    College - Freshman

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    Caesar has gone to the forum- a public place of government- to accept a petition, but he is taken to a room past the Theatre of Pompey. The exact location is said to be Campus Martius. It is on a false pretense of having Caesar read the document which is discovered to be fake.

    So in a room past the Theatre of Pompey, on the Ides of March, 44 BC, Caesar is tricked and betrayed.  He fights back valiantly, but soon realizes that his trusted Brutus is among his attackers.  He utters the famous line, "Et tu, Brute--then fall, Caesar."  He falls and is dead.

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    Posted by dalepowell1962 on Monday June 22, 2009 at 8:28 AM

  2. kccichocki
    kccichocki Teacher
    Middle School

    Caesar was assassinated in the Roman forum, but it is rumored that upon his death, Caesar fell at the foot of a statue of Pompey, Caesar's former co-ruler.  The irony is that Caesar and Pompey were enemies, but Pompey met his demise at the hands of the Egyptians, not Caesar, when Pompey fled from Rome to Egypt.

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    Posted by kccichocki on Sunday July 26, 2009 at 4:23 AM