#anyway there's an additional parallel between cassius and trebonius re: caesar humiliating cassius with the praetorship

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HEY BABY, LET'S DANCE!

or. somehow. my cassius-trebonius sales pitch. like. it's kind of romantic if you think about it! trebonius, a caesarian, had a conspiracy to assassinate caesar, and on the other side of things: cassius' conspiracy with the same end goal, and at some point those two conspiracies came together. and to top it off, cassius is the hand of justice sent by rome to avenge trebonius' death! talk about themes!

Epicureans in Revolt?, Luciano Canfora

Inklings of Conspiracy, Luciano Canfora

Philippi and Perusia, Ronald Syme

and sources for the collage panels:

The Last Senate of Julius Caesar, Raffaele Giannetti / Six Corinthian pilasters for the Triumph, from 'The Triumph of Julius Caesar,' Andrea Andreani / Statue of Julius Caesar, Nicolas Coustrou

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