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Realizado por Elena Martín Gordón (IES Doñana, ALMONTE)
The Assassination of Julius Caesar
44 B.C.
Julius Caesar was a great general and an important leader in
ancient Rome. His conquest of Gaul extended the Roman world
to the North Sea, and he also conducted the first Roman
invasion of Britain. Caesar began a civil war in 49 BC, and after
that he became the master of the Roman world. He was
proclaimed "dictator for life”, and he had the absolute power
over the empire. After assuming control of the government, he
began important reforms of Roman society and government. The
Romans even named a month after him, the month of July for
Julius Caesar. Most people liked Julius Caesar because he told
the people that he could solve Rome's problems. Certainly, the
Republic had problems: crime was everywhere, taxes were very
high, and the people were hungry.
Why did Julius Caesar have enemies among the rich and powerful?
As Julius Caesar became more powerful, and more popular with the people,
leaders in the Senate began to worry. They were afraid that Julius Caesar
wanted to govern Rome as a king. The Roman senators did not want to return to
the time of kings. They were afraid to lose their power.
Julius Caesar had many enemies in Rome. Because of Julius Caesar's military
victories, he was very popular with the Romans. His soldiers were very loyal to
their leader. The Senate was afraid of his popularity and power.
But the poor people of Rome were glad, because he tried to help the poor and
unemployed people, by giving lands and jobs to them. Rich people (patricians)
didn’t like that.
To solve:
resolver
Taxes:
impuestos
Among:
entre
To worry:
preocuparse
To be afraid:
tener miedo,
temer
Loyal: leal,
fiel
Unemployed
desempleado
The conspiracy
The assassination of Julius Caesar was on March 15, the Ides of March. There were sixty
conspirators, led by Marcus Junius Brutus, Gaius Cassius Longinus, Decimus Brutus Albinus
and Gaius Trebonius. All of them came to the Senate with daggers hidden in their togas.
The conspirators met in the hall next to the senate to wait for Caesar. He entered the
hall, and a senator distracted him in conversation. Then Caesar seated on his chair. At that
moment, the conspirators stabbed him 23 times. The legend says that his last words were:
“Brutus, you too, my child?” He was 56 years old when he died.
Dagger:
daga, puñal
To hide (hid,
hidden):
esconder,
ocultar
Stab:
apuñalar
Realizado por Elena Martín Gordón (IES Doñana, ALMONTE)