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INTRODUCING JULIUS CAESAR

INTRODUCING JULIUS CAESAR. LATE REPUBLICAN AND AUGUSTAN AUTHORS. CAESAR AND THE END OF THE REPUBLIC. http://prezi.com/lg2ryxvudqzw/timeline-of-latin-authors-and-roman-history /. CAESAR’S WORLD. A scene from hbo Rome.

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INTRODUCING JULIUS CAESAR

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  1. INTRODUCING JULIUS CAESAR

  2. LATE REPUBLICAN AND AUGUSTAN AUTHORS

  3. CAESAR AND THE END OF THE REPUBLIC • http://prezi.com/lg2ryxvudqzw/timeline-of-latin-authors-and-roman-history/

  4. CAESAR’S WORLD

  5. A scene from hboRome • Cicero and Brutus surrender to Julius Caesar, following the battle of Pharsalus in 48 BCE. • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mZYu-rJvUDc

  6. CAESAR and the catilinarian conspiracy (63 BCE) Sallust, Bellum Catilinae 50–52:

  7. CAESAR CROSSES THE RUBICON Suetonius, DivusIulius 32–33: tuncCaesar: “Eatur,” inquit, “quo deorumostentaet inimicoruminiquitasvocat. Iactaaleaest…” Lucan, Bellum civile1.225–26: “Hic,” ait, “hic pacemtemerataqueiurarelinquo; te, Fortuna, sequor. …”

  8. reactions to Caesar’s victory: CATO’SSUICIDE Seneca, De providentia 2: “Ferrumistudlibertatemquam patriae non potuitCatonidabit. … Tam turpeestCatoni mortem abullopetere quam uitam.”

  9. THE IDES OF MARCH: et tu brute? Suetonius, DivusIulius 82: atqueitatribus et vigintiplagisconfossusest (Caesar) … tradideruntquidamMarco Brutoirruenti(Caesarem) dixisse: “kaisuteknon?” Coin produced by L. PlaetoriusCestianus for Brutus as imperator (commander)

  10. deification Suetonius, DivusIulius 88: (Caesar) periitsexto et quinquagensimoaetatisanno atquein deorumnumerumrelatusest… stellacrinitaper septemcontinuos dies fulsit … creditumqueestanimamesseCaesaris in caelumrecepti et hac de causasimulacroeius in uerticeadditurstella.

  11. OCTAVIAnAVENGES HIS FATHER Augustus, Res gestae 2: Qui parentemmeumtrucidaverunt, eosin exiliumexpuli, iudiciislegitimisultuseorumfacinus, et posteabellum (eos) inferentīsreipublicaevicibisacie. Temple of Mars Ultor(Mars the Avenger)

  12. Caesar’s writings ‘De analogia’ duos libros … in transituAlpium, cum ex citeriore Gallia … ad exercitumrediret, fecit. (!) —Suet. DJ 56

  13. Caesar’s forceful, energetic, elegant style: quintilian Quintilian, Institutiooratoria 10.1.114: tantain eo (= Caesare) visest, id acumen, eaconcitatio, utillumeodemanimodixissequobellavitappareat; exornattamenhaecomnia mirasermonis… elegantia.

  14. Caesar’s rational, pure, vivid style Cicero, Brutus 261: Caesar autemrationemadhibens consuetudinemvitiosam et corruptam puraet incorruptaconsuetudine emendat. … videturtamquamtabulasbenepictasconlocare in bono lumine. Scenes from Trajan’s column

  15. Caesar’s “naked” commentarii Cicero, Brutus 262: (Caesar) etiamcommentariosquosdamscripsitrerumsuarum. Valdequidemprobandos: nudienimsunt, rectiet venusti, omniornatuorationistamquamvestedetracta. nihilest… in historiapura et inlustribrevitatedulcius.

  16. a sample: Caesar’s dE BELLO GALLICO During Caesar’s campaign in Britain (55 BCE), the Roman ships are wrecked by a storm, which prevents them from returning to Gaul. (OLR p. 64) Eādemnocteacciditutessetlūnaplēna—quīdiēsmaritimōsaestūsmaximōs in Ōceanōefficereconsuēvit (nostrīsque id eratincognitum).

  17. a sample: Caesar’s dE BELLO GALLICO(cont.) Ita, ūnō tempore, et longāsnāvēs (quās Caesar in aridumsubdūxerat) aestuscomplēbat, et onerāriās (quae ad ancorāserantdēligātae) tempestāsadflictābat, nequeullanostrīsfacultāsautadministrandīautauxiliandīdabātur.

  18. a sample: Caesar’s dE BELLO GALLICO (cont.) Complūribusnāvibusfractīs, reliquae cum essent (fūnibus, ancorīsreliquīsquearmāmentīsāmissīs) ad nāviganduminūtilēs, magna (id quod necesseerataccidere) totīusexercitūsperturbātiōfacta est.

  19. a sample: Caesar’s dE BELLO GALLICO(cont.) Nequeenimnāvēserantaliaequibusreportārīpossent, et omniadēerant quae ad reficiendāsnāvēserantūsuī, et (quod omnibus constābathiemārī in Galliāoportēre) frūmentum in hīslocīs in hiememprōvīsum non erat.

  20. FURTHER RESOURCES • Dickinson College Commentaries: • http://dcc.dickinson.edu/caesar/caesar-introduction

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