Tuesday, April 29, 2008

How Caesar Dies

Once upon a time, there was a man named Caesar, he was old, he was very very old, extremely old. He couldn't walk, he couldn't hear, but he could run and he could ride a bike, he could drive a car, he could drive a cart and he could talk. So when he was moving around his house, he had to run all of the time and he wanted to go to a war, so he went to a war and this is how he died.... He ran too much that he died.

That's a pretty funny story. Now we will learn how he really died.

One fine morning Caesar was going out to see some of his favorite horses. When he got there he noticed that the horses were not eating, instead they had tears in their eyes. Caesar thought, "Hmmm. I should go ask the gods why are the horses crying and not eating." While he was in the gods' temple somebody came and said, "Beware the ides of March." Then he went home and told his wife about it. That night his wife had a bad dream. She dreampt she was holding her husband because he was stabbed and he died. Then she woke up and told him not to go to the Senate. She said, "Remember the person who came to you in the temple said to beware the ides of March." Caesar said, "I'll go there anyways." He thought he had nothing to fear. So he went. 23 Senators took Casar and killed him with knives on the marble floor in the Senate, even his own friend Brutus killed him. Then the Senators hid because they thought people would do something to them for killing the Dictator for Life.

That's sad.

Friday, April 25, 2008

Caesar and Cleopatra part 2


Well, Caesar started to love Cloepatra so much that he said he would help her. For five months, Caesar's army fought friends of the Pharaoh. Then, the Pharaoh died and Cleopatra became the ruler.

Caesar had to leave because the Senators came back to Rome and wanted to defeat Caesar. Caesar had to go to Asia Minor first because he had to defeat people who were trying to free themselves from Roman rule. He defeated them in a very short war. People asked Caesar, "How did you do that?" and Caesar said, "I came, I saw, I conquored!" When he got back to Rome, people had a big parade for Caesar and it lasted four days! Then Caesar put a golden statue of Cleopatra in the temple of Venus. The Senators got an army together in Africa and told them to invade Rome so that they could defeat Caesar. They thought that Caesar had all the power and that made them feel very upset. So Caesar went to fight the Africans. Caesar won.

He went back to Rome. The Consuls made him Dictator for life. So, when he came back he had lots of power and he helped his soldiers find jobs and gave them places to live and he asked the poor people to move with the soldiers. The soldiers and the poor people didn't have to move there. He made a trench so that people could grow crops. Julis Caesar change the Roman calander, built new roads, and built a forum for people to meet.

Making Caesar Dictator for Life changed the country because they couldn't do anything, they couldn't disagree with him, they couldn't kick him out, they couldn't do anything. Caesar started to get really bossy, acting like a king. He wanted to have his face on a new coin, but only dead rulers could have their faces on a coin. That made people very upset. A group of Senators said that they wantd Caesar gone and they did not want him in charge for ever, so they decided to kill him.
What's going to happen to Caesar?

Thursday, April 24, 2008

Caesar and Cleopatra part 1

When Pompey ran away from Rome he was still up to his tricks. He decided to go to Egypt for help to destroy Caesar. Caesar heard that Pompey was going to Egypt for help and he was worried that Pompey would cause trouble for Rome and Egypt. So Caesar said, "I will go to Egypt and put Pompey in prison."
Meanwhile...in Egypt they had something wrong themselves. They hadtwo rulers, one was a 15 year old Pharaoh and one was his 21 year old sister named Cleopatra. They both wanted to rule Egypt themselves. So Cleopatra's brother thought that he did not need his sister one bit and threw her out of Egypt.
Pharaoh heard that Julius Caesar was comming and he was afraid that Julius would conquor Egypt but he also heard that Pompey was comming and so he got his guards to kill Pompey. Paraoh thought that Julius Caesar would be happy that he killed Pompey and would not make war with them. Instead, Julius Caesar, when he got there, he was sad because he just wanted Pompey in prison. He went to the castle and meant to tell the Paraoh that he just wanted Pompey in prison but Cleopatra was there and wanted him to help her get rid of her brother. She asked him very kindly and said that she will rule and share all of Egypts treasures with him.

Wait for part 2 to find out what Caesar chose to do.