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shanmukhsingh
shanmukhsingh
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High School - 10th Grade

Why is dead Caesar more powerful than the living one?

this question means how caesarism wasn't over though caesar was  dead

 

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Posted by shanmukhsingh on Wednesday April 8, 2009 at 5:06 AM and tagged with caesar, dead, julius caesar, living, powerful.

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  1. gbeatty Teacher
    College - Freshman

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    A good question. A dead Caesar can be more powerful than a living one for two reasons. First,  within a Roman ideology, he could now be safely considered a god, and/or having gone to join the gods. This combines with the Roman practice of venerating the ancestors, giving a dead Caesar a lot of spiritual weight. The second reason is a bit more cynical. A living Caesar can always make mistakes, and can irritate people or make enemies through his current actions. A dead Caesar is a symbol, and can be seen as perfect.

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    Posted by gbeatty on Wednesday April 8, 2009 at 10:01 AM