CLASSIC 20 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Ptolemy Xiv Of Egypt, Anchises, Caesarion
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Conspiracy to murder - ides of march 15, caesar was assassinated stabbed to death. People were scared at how powerful caesar would get. Nightmare of calpurnia pediment of house fell in and husband was run through her arms. Eagle with twig was attacked by birds and killed at the senate chamber. Soothsayer: warns caesar weeks before to beware the ides of march. Father killed by pompey, descendant from first brutus, mother was servilia (caesar"s mistress) Caesar"s last words kai su teknon and you too my son . His issued coins referenced back to early brutus, servilius ahala: all famous for thwarting tyrannies. Was with crassus when crassus was butchered in syria; tried to warn crassus. Chose the side of pompey and cato in civil war, captured & pardoned by caesar. Brutus"s wife is porcia, daughter of cato the younger, married as a political statement. Cassius"s wife iunia tertia (tertulla) was daughter of servilia, died almost 60 years after.
