. Rome : its rise and fall ; a text-book for high schools and colleges. What lends to itsuch great historical importance is the fact that in hisreforms and policies Caesar drew the broad lines which hissuccessors followed, and indicated the principles on whichthe government of the future must be based. 202. Funeral Oration by Mark Antony. — The conspirators,or liberators, as they called themselves, had thoughtthat the senate would confirm, and the people applaud,their act. But both people and senators, struck with con-sternation, were silent. Mens faces grew pale as theyrecalled the proscrip-t
. Rome : its rise and fall ; a text-book for high schools and colleges. What lends to itsuch great historical importance is the fact that in hisreforms and policies Caesar drew the broad lines which hissuccessors followed, and indicated the principles on whichthe government of the future must be based. 202. Funeral Oration by Mark Antony. — The conspirators,or liberators, as they called themselves, had thoughtthat the senate would confirm, and the people applaud,their act. But both people and senators, struck with con-sternation, were silent. Mens faces grew pale as theyrecalled the proscrip-tions of Sulla (), and saw in theassassination of Caesarthe first act in a simi-lar reign of terror. Asthe conspirators issuedfrom the assembly hall,and entered the forum,holding aloft theirbloody daggers, in-stead of being received,as they expected, withacclamations theywere met by an omi-nous silence. Theliberators hastened for safety to the temple of Jupiter Capi-tolinus, going thither ostensibly for the purpose of givingthanks for the death of the Mark Antony. 304 ROME AS A REPUBLIC. Upon the day set for the funeral ceremonies, MarkAntony, the trusted friend and secretary of Caesar,mounted the rostra in the forum to deliver the usualfuneral oration. He recounted the great deeds of Caesar,the glory he had conferred upon the Roman name, dweltupon his liberality and his munificent bequests to the peo-ple—even to some who were now his murderers ; and whenhe had wrought the feelings of the multitude to the highesttension, he held up the robe of Caesar, and showed therents made by the daggers of the assassins. Caesar had always been beloved by the people and idol-ized by his soldiers. They were now driven almost tofrenzy with grief and indignation. Seizing weapons andtorches, they rushed through the streets, vowing vengeanceupon the conspirators. The liberators, however, escapedfrom the fury of the mob and fled from Rome, Brutus andCassius seeking refuge in Gre
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