All 3 Uses of
Julius Caesar
in
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
- They were in Julius Caesar now and the stage direction "Alarum" confused Katie.†
Chpt 13 *
- He had more spending money than most boys and he knew Julius Caesar backwards, forwards, and upside-down.†
Chpt 45
- He reported that they were studying Julius Caesar and the principal read from the Bible each assembly period and that was enough for Neeley.†
Chpt 47
Definition:
the most famous of Ancient Rome's generals and leaders (100-44 BC)
Julius Caesar was never emperor of the Roman Empire because Rome was a Republic during his lifetime. He was assassinated by senators (including his friend Brutus as told in Shakespeare's play) who feared that he was taking too much power from the senators. The assassination restored the Republic, but provoked a civil war which led to the autocratic Roman Empire. Emperors of that empire took the last name Caesar because of him.