Caesar Crosses the Rubicon - Lucan
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- Caesar Crosses the Rubicon - Lucan
- in 49BC, the Roman Senate demanded that Julius Caesar give up his command and his army, but he refused to do so unless Pompey do the same.
- when Pompey and the senate decided against Caesar's request, he decided to enter Italy from his province, Gaul, with his army. This was illegal.
- use of word "superaverat" to mean cross/climb, as opposed to 'overcome'
- 'future war in his mind' i.e the civil war between Caesar and Pompey
- the river Rubicon was the boundary of Italy in Roman times - crossing it with an army would mean Caesar had broken the law
- Rome is personified as a woman
- large apparition of a woman
- juxtaposition of "clara" and "per obscuram"
- traditional signs of grief when describing the apparition of Rome
- bare arms, loose hair, etc
- direct use of speech between 'Rome' and Caesar
- use of rhetorical questions from 'Rome'
- "tuus" - Caesar says he belongs to Rome
- repetition of "ille" refers to Caesar's enemies
- use of irony when Caesar says he is 'leaving violated laws', but is actually breaking the law
- more personification, this time of "Fortuna"
- in 49BC, the Roman Senate demanded that Julius Caesar give up his command and his army, but he refused to do so unless Pompey do the same.
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