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| The Young Cicero Reading
by Vincenzo Foppa (c.1427–c.1515) Book & Windowsill |
Painting of Young Caesar
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| Portrait of Julius Caesar Aged 14 (c 1586)
by Sofonisba Anguissola (1530–1625) |
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The Ides of March
3 January 106 BC – 7 December 43 BC
Bust of Caesar
12 or 13 July 100 BC – 15 March 44 BC
Cicero on Caesar
On Tyranny and Ambition: "The man who maintains that such an ambition is morally right is a madman; for he justifies the destruction of law and liberty and thinks their hideous and detestable suppression glorious."
On Caesar’s Vanity: "When I notice how carefully arranged his hair is and when I watch him adjusting the parting with one finger, I cannot imagine that this man could conceive of such a wicked thing as to destroy the Roman constitution."
On the Danger Caesar Posed: "A traitor within . . . Never has the state been in greater danger, never have disloyal citizens had a better prepared leader."
On Caesar's Actions: "He has waged war without sanction, slaughtering Gaul in violation of every principle of justice, not in service of Rome but in pursuit of personal dominion."
On Caesar's Corruption of the Republic: "How long, O Caesar, shall your madness mock us?"
On Caesar’s Political Appointments: "Don't tell them where the Senate meets, they're likely to show up and think they deserve a seat."
On Traitors: “A nation can survive its fools, and even the ambitious. But it cannot survive treason from within. An enemy at the gates is less formidable, for he is known and he carries his banners openly. But the traitor moves among those within the gate freely, his sly whispers rustling through all the galleys, heard in the very hall of government itself.
"For the traitor appears not a traitor — he speaks in the accents familiar to his victims, and wears their face and their garment, and he appeals to the baseness that lies deep in the hearts of all men.
"He rots the soul of a nation — he works secretly and unknown in the night to undermine the pillars of a city — he infects the body politic so that it can no longer resist. A murderer is less to be feared."
No Kings, No Traitors
Protest March #3 ~ March 28
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