Tribune In Julius Caesar

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Julius Caesar was in the BC era of time where there were gladiators and Roman tribunes. Wonder what a Roman tribune is? Let us find out why in Julius Caesar’s time we would need tribunes. To define a Roman tribune you have to understand the meaning of the word first. Roman is a citizen of Rome. Tribune comes from the Latin word tribunus which means officer connected with a tribe. Roman tribune is one who is the chief in charge of the legion. Who was a Roman tribunes in Julius Caesar? Murellus was one of the tribunes in the play. In the first scene we see Murellus mad at the people. He calls them out for not giving Pompey gratitude he deserves. Pompey deserved gratitude and honor because he served in his father’s army. He wiped out the scattered bands of slaves that were under the defeated Spartacus. He deserves honor for taking over and being a respectable leader. Murellus had a valid reason to be mad at the people because they were cheering for Caesar returning from Spain having …show more content…

Casca saved Caesars life in the Tiger river and when he was sick in Spain Casca was there to help him. Casca sounds very jealous as he is talking to Brutus about all of this, the first theory was that he was trying to get through to Brutus. To get Brutus to kill Caesar so Casca can kill Brutus but realizing Brutus is Caesar’s nephew. Don't think he would want to kill his family. The plausible theory is that Casca gets to Murellus who is already on edge about Caesar because he respected Pompey. Casca’s jealousy looks to see that Casca may want Caesars position and he could get it in a way. The way of getting in on the mission that Cassius has planned. Cassius planned out a gang of people to go out to Pompey's theater and the night will turn out how the storms are. The storm that night was fiery and reckless and that is how Cassius wants the mission to go down. Casca could get in on this mission and take down Caesar for himself so he can be the next

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