Test Notes on Rome

The Gracchus brothers:

• The two Gracchus brother were plebeians.
• They proposed that the government was not being fair by taking away the farmers land.
• The leaders of the plebeians killed both of the brothers even though they were on each others side.
• The patricians spread rumors about the brothers that led to them being killed.

Julius Caesar:

• On march 15 Julius Caesar was assassinated.
• He was killed in the theater of Pompey.
• He was stabbed in the chest 23 times.
• The Senate was worried that Caesar would overthrow them in favor of Tyranny.
• Over 60 people were involved in it.
• His last words were Et Tu Brute? Shakespeare actually put it in the play to make it more interesting and we don't actually know if those were his exact words.

Marcus Brutus

• His mother was one of Caesars mistresses.

Octavian:

• Octavian was Caesars adopted sun.
• He was trying to kill the Senate after they Killed Caesar.
• More than 100 senators and 2000 businessmen were sent to be killed.
• Cicero was killed.
• He was the senate's greatest orator.
• He wasn't plotted to kill Caesar but he talked in defense of the people who killed him.
• Octavian and Mark Antony were working together but later started fighting with each other.
• He was given the tittle Augustus.

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Gaius Longinus:

•  He helped assassinate Caesar.