Discuss in a 2 page:
Q1. What do Machiavelli's and Shakespeare's treatments of the events at the end of the Roman republic have in common?
Q2. What is Pompey the Great's relationship to the earlier civil wars of the Roman republic in the first century BCE?
Q3. What elements in Pompey's career suggest that the Roman republic is nearing its end?
Q4. What was the rumored relationship between Julius Caesar and Brutus, according to lecture?
Q5. What is the key difference between historical events following Caesar's assassination and how those events are depicted in Shakespeare's play, according to lecture?