Introduction to Greek and Roman History

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Introduction to Greek and Roman History

• Lecture 18
• Caesar and the Ides of March
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Denarius of Cleopatra
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Cleopatra VII and Ptolemy XV Caesarion at the
temple of Dendera
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Zela
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Zela, memorial cippus
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Africa Nova
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Catos suicide "I were willing to be saved by
grace of Caesar, I ought to go to him in person
and see him alone but I am unwilling to be under
obligations to the tyrant for his illegal acts.
And he acts illegally in saving, as if their
master, those over whom he has no right at all to
be the lord. However, if it is thy wish, let us
consider jointly how thou mayest obtain mercy for
the three hundred." Plutarch, Life of Cato the
Younger, 66.2
Cato suicide
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October 46 Caesar in Rome When Caesar came back
to Rome from Africa, to begin with, he made a
boastful speech to the people concerning his
victory, asserting that he had subdued a country
large enough to furnish annually for the public
treasury two hundred thousand Attic bushels of
grain, and three million pounds of olive
oil. Next, he celebrated triumphs, an Egyptian, a
Pontic, and an African, the last not for his
victory over Scipio, but ostensibly over Juba the
king. Plutarch, Life of Caesar 55.1
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Forum Iulium, 54-46
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Forum Iulium, 54-46
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17th March 45, Battle of Munda
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Silver denarius, R/ DICT PERPETVO CAESAR,
wreathed and veiled head of Caesar right V/
SEPVLLIVS MACER, Venus standing left, Victory in
right, long vertical scepter in left, shield at
feet to right.
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Julius Caesar. February-March 44 BC. AR Denarius
(3.95 gm). L. Aemilius Buca, moneyer. CAESAR IM P
M, laureate head right crescent behind / L
AEMILIVS BVCA, Venus standing left, holding
Victoria and sceptre.
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Denarius of Julius Caesar, Aeneas flees from Troy
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The Empire at the death of Caesar
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Mutina, 21st April 43 When his designs were
opposed by Marcus Antonius, who was then consul,
and on whose help he had especially counted, and
Antony would not allow him even common and
ordinary justice without the promise of a heavy
bribe, he went over to the aristocrats, who he
knew detested Antony, especially because he was
besieging Decimus Brutus at Mutina, and trying to
drive him by force of arms from the province
given him by Caesar and ratified by the senate.
Suetonius, Life of Augustus, 10.2
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