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- THE MENTOR 1918.03.01, No. 150,
- Julius Cæsar
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- LEARN ONE THING
- EVERY DAY
-
- MARCH 1 1918 SERIAL NO. 150
-
- THE
-
- MENTOR
-
- JULIUS CÆSAR
-
- By
- GEORGE WILLIS BOTSFORD
-
- DEPARTMENT OF VOLUME 6
- BIOGRAPHY NUMBER 2
-
- TWENTY CENTS A COPY
-
-
-
-
-The Real Julius Cæsar
-
-
-In person Cæsar was tall and slight. His features were more refined
-than was usual in Roman faces; the forehead was wide and high, the nose
-large and thin, the lips full, the eyes dark gray like an eagle’s, the
-neck extremely thick and sinewy. His complexion was pale. His hair was
-short and naturally scanty, falling off toward the end of his life and
-leaving him partially bald. His voice, especially when he spoke in
-public, was high and shrill.
-
- * * * * *
-
-His health was uniformly strong until his last year, when he became
-subject to epileptic fits. He was scrupulously clean in all his habits,
-abstemious in his food, rarely or never touching wine, and noting
-sobriety as the highest of qualities when describing any new people.
-He was an athlete in early life, admirable in all manly exercises,
-and especially in riding. From his boyhood it was observed of him
-that he was the truest of friends, that he avoided quarrels, and
-was most easily appeased when offended. In manner he was quiet and
-gentlemanlike, with the natural courtesy of high-breeding.
-
- * * * * *
-
-He was singularly careful of his soldiers. He allowed his legions
-rest, though he allowed none to himself. He rarely fought a battle at
-a disadvantage. He never exposed his men to unnecessary danger, and
-the loss by wear and tear in the campaigns in Gaul was exceptionally
-and even astonishingly slight. When a gallant action was performed, he
-knew by whom it had been done, and every soldier, however humble, might
-feel assured that if he deserved praise he would have it. The army was
-Cæsar’s family.
-
-JAMES ANTHONY FROUDE
-
-
-
-
-[Illustration: IN THE NATIONAL MUSEUM, NAPLES
-
-JULIUS CÆSAR]
-
-
-
-
-_JULIUS CÆSAR_
-
-_The Career of Cæsar_
-
-ONE
-
-
-Gaius Julius Cæsar was born in 100 B. C. of old patrician stock. In
-youth he received from Greek masters the elements of their culture,
-including astronomy, philosophy, and rhetoric. To complete his
-oratorical studies he sailed for Rhodes, but on the way was taken
-captive by pirates and held for ransom. This mishap would have
-subjected him to ridicule, had he not, on his release, manned a ship
-and punished his captors. Returning to Rome, he entered politics, the
-most ambitious career open to fashionable young men. In this vocation
-he had to pay his respects to men of influence, plead cases at court,
-and render financial or other assistance to unfortunate clients; he had
-to call by name and compliment all whom he met, to entertain lavishly,
-and attend the various social functions of all classes. Above all he
-had to maintain a permanent coterie of supporters to act as agents in
-time of need.
-
-In 68 B. C. he reached the lowest rung in the political ladder. This
-was the office of quæstor, who had the handling of public funds.
-Soon afterward as ædile, commissioner of public works and games, his
-magnificent entertainments won the good will of the voters, and brought
-about his election to the Supreme Pontificate. In this capacity he
-directed the state religion, and his person was esteemed sacred. It was
-a great political advantage. Next he was elected prætor, whose chief
-duty was to preside over one of the criminal courts. After a man had
-held the prætorship or the consulship the Senate usually appointed
-him as a proprætor or proconsul to the government of a province. As
-proprætor accordingly Cæsar governed Spain in 61-60. Returning home
-in the latter year, he formed a political ring, known as the First
-Triumvirate, with Pompey, a general who had gained splendid victories
-in the Orient, and Crassus, the wealthiest capitalist of the empire.
-This combination secured the consulship for Cæsar for the year 59. His
-opposition to the Senate during this year, and his legislation in the
-interest of the people made him very popular. As proconsul (58-50) he
-conquered Gaul. Meanwhile Crassus was killed in battle; and Pompey,
-adopting the cause of the Senate, prepared nominally to defend the
-Republic; in fact, to rid himself of a powerful rival. In the civil war
-that followed the seasoned veterans of the popular hero proved superior
-to the forces of the Senate, most of them hastily gathered from the
-farms. Thereupon the Senate, shifting about, heaped honors and triumphs
-upon the victor. As consul, dictator, and supreme pontiff Cæsar was
-virtually, though not in name, a king (49-44). The power of the
-aristocracy was broken, but its hatred lived and generated a plot to
-kill the “enemy of the Republic.” On March 15, 44, Cæsar fell, stabbed
-with twenty-three wounds, at the hands of erstwhile friends.
-
-Cæsar began his career as a politician, but ended it as a statesman.
-His courage, clemency, and personal charm won countless friends. While
-costly entertainments were a political necessity, his moderation in
-private life earned the respect of Roman society. A blue-blooded
-patrician, he steadfastly championed the popular cause. This policy
-alienated his own class, and finally resulted in his death. His
-political understanding developed hand in hand with his patriotism.
-Better than his contemporaries, he saw the economic and social decay
-of the Republic, and felt that inefficiency and corruption could be
-eradicated in no other way than by a strong monarchy. His own supremacy
-he brought about with the minimum of bloodshed. When once in power he
-vigorously swept away the weaknesses and oppression of aristocratic
-rule, and laid a solid foundation for the future peace and prosperity
-of the empire.
-
- PREPARED BY THE EDITORIAL STAFF OF THE MENTOR ASSOCIATION
- ILLUSTRATION FOR THE MENTOR, VOL. 6. No. 2, SERIAL No. 150
- COPYRIGHT, 1918, BY THE MENTOR ASSOCIATION, INC.
-
-
-
-
-[Illustration: THE RIVER TIBER--IN THE TIME OF CÆSAR]
-
-
-
-
-_JULIUS CÆSAR_
-
-_The Roman Empire_
-
-TWO
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-
-Through nearly four centuries of conquest and alliance (400-44 B. C.)
-the Roman empire came to embrace the entire Mediterranean region.
-After Cæsar’s conquest of Gaul, it extended from the Atlantic to the
-Euphrates, from the North Sea and Alps to the Sahara. This vast area
-was organized into administrative divisions, called provinces. Its very
-size meant a heterogeneous population, scores of peoples, each with its
-own language and customs. In the east Greek had replaced local tongues
-for literary, diplomatic, and business purposes. In the west many
-dialects remained: for Latin, though official, was but gradually coming
-into universal use.
-
-Life in the empire was mainly agricultural. Tools were simple, if not
-primitive; and only after a struggle could the peasant produce enough
-to last until the next harvest. Industries were largely domestic,
-carried on at home, or in small shops for local use. The eastern
-parts--Egypt, Asia Minor, and western Asia--were far wealthier. Here
-commerce and skilled industries were more flourishing, though by any
-modern estimate, on a small scale. As there were no machines in the
-modern sense, goods had to be made by hand. The imperial roads were
-in excellent condition but distances were long, travel was slow, and
-transportation expensive, save by water.
-
-When a new territory was incorporated into the empire, it became
-a province. It was placed in charge of a quæstor, who controlled
-financial matters, and a general executive called proprætor or
-proconsul--both appointed annually by the imperial government. The
-governor commanded the army and acted as the highest judge in his
-territory. The province was divided into city-states, each of which
-retained its laws and customs, its magistrates, council, and popular
-assembly. They managed their local affairs, and no attempt was made
-to interfere in their religion. Instead of rendering military service
-they had to pay annual tribute. At auction the highest bidders received
-contracts for collecting taxes in the several cities.
-
-Unfortunately, abuses crept into provincial rule. In the first place,
-Rome favored her citizens at the expense of her subjects. Native
-merchants were superseded by greedy speculators and traders, who,
-reducing the people to poverty, drove the peasants from their farms and
-built up vast estates of their own. The evil of “farming” taxes became
-intolerable, for avaricious contractors made the peasants pay far more
-than their due. In his year of service, too, the typical governor
-expected to accumulate a fortune sufficient (1) to pay political debts,
-(2) to bribe judges in case of prosecution, (3) to live in luxury the
-remainder of his life. Few governors were honest enough to check these
-wrongs. Furthermore, the wealthier provinces were heavily overtaxed
-to help pay the expense of governing the newly acquired frontier
-provinces, which as a rule were financial failures.
-
-These evils Cæsar went far in remedying. He curtailed the system
-of “farming” taxes, and placed it under strict supervision. Thus
-capitalists were prevented from openly plundering the subjects. He
-appointed able, honest governors, and held them to account. Legionary
-commanders, too, appointed by him to serve under the governor, and
-revenue officials--his own servants and freedmen--saw that his will
-was everywhere enforced. The provinces, especially the poorer ones,
-were to be cultivated and improved. An attempt was made to equalize the
-burden of taxation, and the heavy drain on the eastern provinces was
-lessened. Lastly, in order to abolish class and national distinctions,
-and to weld together the empire, Cæsar allowed himself to be worshipped
-as a god, and adopted the policy of rapidly granting citizenship
-to provincials. In aiming to bring about such an empire devoid of
-nationality Cæsar followed the procedure of the great Alexander, and
-set an example for his successor, Napoleon.
-
- PREPARED BY THE EDITORIAL STAFF OF THE MENTOR ASSOCIATION
- ILLUSTRATION FOR THE MENTOR, VOL. 6. No. 2, SERIAL No. 150
- COPYRIGHT, 1918, BY THE MENTOR ASSOCIATION, INC.
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-
-
-[Illustration: THE ROMAN FORUM--IN THE TIME OF CÆSAR]
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-
-
-_JULIUS CÆSAR_
-
-_Rome and Egypt_
-
-THREE
-
-
-Early in his career of conquest Alexander the Great subdued Egypt and
-founded Alexandria (332 B. C.) This country proved the most valuable
-part of his vast realm, and afterward of the Roman Empire. The valley
-of the Nile is exceedingly fertile, well watered as it is from the
-river, and continually enriched by the alluvial deposits from the
-yearly overflow. The people were patient and laborious. For thousands
-of years they had toiled like slaves for their Pharaohs, whom they
-looked upon as gods, and who owned all the land and most of the wealth
-of the kingdom. Naturally Alexander usurped the property rights and
-the divine rights of the Pharaohs; and ultimately when Egypt fell as
-a kingdom, to his general, Ptolemy, the latter succeeded to all these
-advantages. For nearly three centuries Egypt was ruled by the dynasty
-thus founded, in which each king bore the name Ptolemy, inherited from
-his father. The king was proprietor, not only of all the land but also
-of the extensive industrial plants and shipping. As Alexandria was the
-greatest manufacturing and commercial center of the world, Ptolemy was
-far the wealthiest capitalist. His military and civil officers were
-Greeks; his soldiers were Greeks and other foreigners; so that with
-his complex military and administrative machine he was able to govern
-the Egyptians as a conquered people. In the eyes of the kings they
-were mere producers of wealth; the official language was Greek, and
-the majority of sovereigns did not take the pains to learn the native
-speech.
-
-At first remarkably competent, the Ptolemies gradually declined in
-ability, and even before the birth of Cæsar had come to be subservient
-to Rome. We may imagine with what longing the greedy Roman oligarchs
-viewed this kingdom, and how persistent was the agitation for its
-conquest.
-
-Such an object Cæsar undoubtedly had in view when he sailed against
-Alexandria with the pretext of settling a dispute between Ptolemy
-and his sister Cleopatra. This fascinating woman convinced the Roman
-general of the justice of her cause, and was accordingly placed on the
-throne. Their mutual infatuation became the gossip of Rome when she
-afterward visited that city. Though not beautiful, the Egyptian queen
-was a charming woman. A talented linguist, she could dispense with an
-interpreter in dealing with her subjects and with foreign princes. Fond
-of music, literature, and art, she made a pleasing hostess, while her
-gorgeous entertainments captivated her guests. She was gifted, too,
-with an instinct for the various paths to men’s affections; and her
-melodious voice and pretty ways won her desires from the strongest of
-rulers. This demoniac fascination, coupled with an ambition to found a
-great empire, made her one of the most powerful women in all history.
-
-After Cæsar’s death Octavianus (Octavius--called Cæsar Augustus)
-remained at Rome, while Antony governed the eastern half of the
-empire. Soon he fell under the spell of Cleopatra, and gladly married
-her that he might become, without conquest, king of Egypt. Political
-motives underlay this romance: he wanted to add Egypt with its vast
-wealth to his domain, while she, no less ambitious, viewed the chaos
-at Rome as an opportunity to secure for herself Antony’s share of
-the empire. Octavianus saw the will of Antony bending before his
-consort’s superhuman fascination. Appreciating the danger to Rome,
-he defeated Antony in a naval battle, 31 B. C., sailed to Egypt, and
-with little trouble captured Alexandria. Seeing that all was lost, the
-royal lovers committed suicide. Thus fell the last glorious remnant
-of the Alexandrian kingdom. Henceforth it was but a part of the Roman
-world-state.
-
- PREPARED BY THE EDITORIAL STAFF OF THE MENTOR ASSOCIATION
- ILLUSTRATION FOR THE MENTOR, VOL. 6. No. 2, SERIAL No. 150
- COPYRIGHT, 1918, BY THE MENTOR ASSOCIATION, INC.
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-[Illustration: ON EXHIBITION AT STERN BROS., N. Y. CITY.
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-CÆSAR CROSSING THE RUBICON, BY J. L. GÉRÔME]
-
-
-
-
-_JULIUS CÆSAR_
-
-_Cæsar as Author and General_
-
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-Nowhere is the versatility of Julius Cæsar more clearly in evidence
-than in his literary accomplishments, the majority of which
-unfortunately have been lost. His scientific spirit is manifest in an
-astronomical work, “Concerning the Stars,” which we do not have, but
-which was doubtless connected with his reform of the calendar. As an
-orator Cæsar was famed for his precise use of language, good taste,
-and vivacious, forcible style of delivery, qualities as necessary to
-his political career as to success in authorship. The “Dialogue on
-Orators,” however, though highly praised by Cicero, has disappeared,
-likewise his treatise on Grammar. The world no longer has his
-collection of despatches and letters, many of them in cipher, or his
-political pamphlets against Cato, who had been eulogized as “the martyr
-of the Republic,” or his “Collective Sayings,” a veritable store-house
-of satirical witticisms, or his many poems, with the exception of a
-well-known criticism of Terence, the playwright.
-
-We can only judge his varied literary talents by his “Commentaries
-On the Gallic War” in seven books, and “On the Civil War” in three,
-known to all schoolboys and college students. The former dictated
-amidst anxiety and distraction were intended to show his ability and
-courage as a general, to justify the moderation of his Gallic policy,
-and to forestall attacks by political opponents. Written in the third
-person, their modesty dispels the suspicion of egoism, yet the author
-knew how, without violating the truth and without boasting, to display
-his merits to the greatest possible advantage. The language is simple
-and restrained yet vigorous and clear. There are thrilling moments,
-for example, in the description of the ever-threatening danger of
-Sabinus, or the exciting escape of Cicero, when the fort of Aduatuca
-was endangered by a swoop of German marauders. Throughout the story
-the natives, with their inferior civilization, their perfidies and
-duplicities, are mere pigmies in the clutches of a giant. Like an
-irresistible force of nature, the great Roman tramples down everything
-in his path.
-
-The same impassive restraint is shown in the “Civil War.” The work
-contains fewer thrilling events; but dramatic movements like the
-crossing of the Rubicon, grievances at the hands of his enemies, and
-his frequent overtures for peace seldom fail to awaken the reader’s
-sympathy. The word “commentaries,” applied to these books, signifies
-merely “notes,” as the author himself regarded them; but in the
-judgment of after ages they are model historical narratives.
-
-From the “Commentaries,” too, we may form an estimate of Cæsar the
-general. In knowledge of the technical departments of warfare he has
-had few superiors. He knew how to enroll and organize vast numbers
-of raw recruits, and to transform them rapidly into trained military
-units. The ease with which he overcame the dangers and difficulties
-constantly confronting him testify to his consummate tactics and
-strategy. He was without a peer in practical psychology--a prime
-factor in successful generalship. This quality enabled him to read and
-understand the feelings of adversaries as well as of his own men. He
-possessed coolness, too, and self-control to an extraordinary degree,
-which served to win the confidence and affection of his troops, and to
-discourage panic and disaster. He was, moreover, a just critic, eager
-to praise, slow to blame. His inherent generosity willingly recognized
-and rewarded merit in officers and men. Cæsar was especially fond of
-his centurions--the flower of those who had risen from the ranks. Often
-without political or family ties, they fought and died for him alone.
-Though of slight physique and generally in poor health, through simple
-living and sheer force of will Cæsar bore many arduous campaigns,
-often marching on foot with his men. It was this unfailing vigor and
-resolution, manifesting itself in acts of heroic daring, which gave
-courage and moral determination to his forces.
-
- PREPARED BY THE EDITORIAL STAFF OF THE MENTOR ASSOCIATION
- ILLUSTRATION FOR THE MENTOR, VOL. 6. No. 2, SERIAL No. 150
- COPYRIGHT, 1918, BY THE MENTOR ASSOCIATION, INC.
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-[Illustration: PHOTOGRAPHED FROM A PRINT
-
-THE DEATH OF CÆSAR, BY J L. GÉRÔME.]
-
-
-
-
-_JULIUS CÆSAR_
-
-_Cæsar’s Associates and Opponents_
-
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-The most distinguished of Cæsar’s contemporaries was Cicero. With an
-exceptional education, he entered politics, where, in spite of scant
-means and ignoble ancestry, he finally attained to the consulship,
-63 B. C. Throughout his career, an ardent supporter of the Republic,
-he opposed the arbitrary rule of Cæsar; and in the Civil War he
-favored the Senatorial party. In the troubles following Cæsar’s
-murder Cicero heroically defended the Republic in many a brilliant
-oration; and in this cause he sacrificed his life. Though possessed
-of many noble qualities, his vacillation, artistic temperament, and
-supersensitiveness unfitted him for statesmanship.
-
-Cicero’s chief claims to greatness lie in the fields of literature and
-philosophy. He was a poet of no mean ability. His “Orations,” with
-their kaleidoscopic range of mood and choice of words, are the most
-brilliant in the Latin language. The painstaking labor required for
-this supreme mastery of speech is shown in his rhetorical works. His
-“Letters,” written in simple style, lay bare a human heart, with all
-its shortcomings and aspirations, while through their wide range of
-topics they bring the reader into intimate touch with the spirit of the
-age. Of farther-reaching influence are his works on political science
-and philosophy. His “Republic” aims to discover the best form of
-government, and to examine into the foundations of national prosperity.
-His many philosophic writings set forth the various Greek schools of
-thought, especially the Platonic and the Stoic. Through the medium of a
-diction so perfect as to make Latin the universal language of culture
-for centuries to come, Cicero successfully transplanted Greek thought
-to Latin soil. Nor did his influence cease there; from his philosophy
-the Church fathers drew inspiration; and in it centuries later the
-scholars of the Renaissance first found the vitalizing spark of Greek
-culture.
-
-Of Cæsar’s immediate associates, Cassius, Brutus, and Antony are most
-interesting, if only for their important rôles in Shakespeare’s “Julius
-Cæsar.” Though showered with offices, Cassius, a malcontent, bore a
-grudge against Cæsar for being his master, and began to plot against
-him. He found many influential men, who, jealous of Cæsar’s power, were
-themselves anxious to divide the spoils of government. To give the plot
-an air of respectability, he won over Brutus, ostensibly a student and
-man of letters, but at heart an unfeeling usurer. Appointed by Cæsar
-governor of Cisalpine Gaul and prætor, Brutus became an assassin of his
-benefactor.
-
-Among the three near associates of Cæsar, Mark Antony was far the
-ablest, and possessed the merit of remaining faithful till the death
-of the benefactor. He had filled many military and civil offices with
-distinction, and was Cæsar’s colleague in the consulship at the time
-of the murder. Shortly before this event, at a public festival, Antony
-offered Cæsar a crown, alleging that it was from the people. Although
-Cæsar would gladly have welcomed any device for legitimizing his rule,
-he refused the kingly title because of its unpopularity.
-
-The assassination left Antony sole consul. Having control of Cæsar’s
-papers and property, he skilfully used these advantages to make himself
-absolute. In a clever oration at the funeral he turned the feelings of
-the populace against the murderers, who thereupon fled from Rome. With
-young Octavianus (Octavius) he patched up a temporary alliance, and in
-combination they defeated the armies of Brutus and Cassius in the two
-battles of Philippi, 42 B. C. The beaten generals committed suicide,
-and the victors divided the empire between them, Antony taking the
-East and Octavianus the West. The later history of Antony is told in
-connection with Cleopatra.
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-[Illustration: RUINS OF THE TEMPLE OF THE DEIFIED JULIUS CÆSAR--ROMAN
-FORUM]
-
-
-
-
-_JULIUS CÆSAR_
-
-_The Portrait Sculpture and the Reproduction of Buildings in this
-Number of The Mentor_
-
-SIX
-
-
-In the Rome of Cæsar Hellenic influence was active, not only in
-literature and philosophy, but also in art. The Roman portrait
-sculpture of this period reveals Greek knowledge and skill; but its
-essential character was determined by native tradition. The earliest
-Roman portraits were waxen death masks formed from a moulding over
-the face. Hence they were mechanically accurate but utterly devoid
-of animation. Though this material has perished, the visitor to the
-museums of Rome will find in relief many a family group in which
-the faces retain the mask-like quality. Only in a slighter degree
-does the principle apply to portrait sculpture in the round. At
-its best the Republican face accordingly is intensely realistic
-yet with no intimation of the inner spirit. Commonly the hair is
-indicated by parallel scratches made by firm chisel strokes. By these
-characteristics many busts and statues may be easily dated. It should
-be noticed, too, that in the Republican age the portrait heads, as
-distinguished from statues, include in addition to the head scarcely
-more than the neck, and that the bust is a gradual development during
-the subsequent period. With this criterion we are able to assign the
-Brutus of this number of The Mentor to the administration of Claudius,
-41-54 A. D. In the colossal portrait of Cæsar of the National Museum
-at Naples the bust is a modern restoration, and we may only cherish
-the reasonable faith that the head is genuine, though somewhat later
-than his lifetime. The famous Cæsar of the British Museum, comprising
-head and neck, would satisfy the criterion here formulated, but fails
-to pass another even more important test. The indication of the
-pupil in the eye was not devised till after Hadrian, 117-138 A. D.,
-and accordingly this head could be no earlier. Recently it has been
-suggested, with some reason, that the work is a modern study. If so, it
-is a great success, as it most admirably expresses the physique and the
-character of the famous man.
-
-Another aid to identification is the circumstance that a colossus could
-represent no one but a preéminent person; and this criterion favors
-the Neapolitan head of Cæsar mentioned above. The colossus statue in
-the Conservatori Palace seems to be authentic, but was made a half
-century or more after his death. The face is fuller than the literary
-description or the coins would warrant, but the difference may well be
-due to idealization. The images on coins are doubtless true likenesses,
-but in the case of his sculptured portraits we can only deal in
-probabilities.
-
-For Pompey we are in a less fortunate condition. The colossal statue
-in the Palazzo Spada, a detail of which is given in this number, has
-long passed as the image at the feet of which Cæsar met his death;
-but the proof is insufficient, and it seems at least as likely that
-it represents an emperor. Other portraits are equally uncertain.
-The Madrid bust of Cicero is genuine, and well represents the
-orator’s great intelligence with a momentary expression of scorn.
-The better-known Vatican head, the bust of which is modern, is also
-genuine and stands second in merit. For Cleopatra there are no certain
-sculptural portraits. The reclining woman of the Ariadne type has been
-mistaken for her because of the snake, as she is known to have died by
-the bite of an asp. The illustration is given merely because it long
-passed for Cleopatra and is a Greek work of rare beauty. Her true image
-is shown on coins.
-
-The various reproductions of edifices are not creations of the fancy,
-but have been carefully worked out by archæologists from remains of
-buildings according to the well established principles of architecture.
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-THE MENTOR · DEPARTMENT OF BIOGRAPHY
-
-MARCH 1, 1918
-
-JULIUS CÆSAR
-
-By GEORGE WILLIS BOTSFORD
-
-_Late Professor of History, Columbia University. Author of “Story of
-Rome,” “History of Rome,” etc._
-
- _MENTOR GRAVURES_
-
- JULIUS CÆSAR
-
- THE ROMAN FORUM IN THE TIME OF CÆSAR
-
- THE RIVER TIBER IN THE TIME OF CÆSAR
-
- _MENTOR GRAVURES_
-
- CÆSAR CROSSING THE RUBICON
-
- DEATH OF CÆSAR
-
- RUINS OF THE TEMPLE OF THE DEIFIED CÆSAR
-
-[Illustration: From History of Rome, by G. W. Botsford, The Macmillan
-Co., Publishers
-
-JULIUS CÆSAR]
-
-Entered as second-class matter March 10, 1913, at the postoffice at New
-York, N. Y., under the act of March 3, 1879. Copyright, 1918, by The
-Mentor Association, Inc.
-
-
-_Rome’s Conquest of the Civilized World_
-
-To understand the world in which Cæsar lived it is necessary first to
-review the growth of the Roman Empire. Four hundred years before the
-beginning of the Christian era Rome was a small city, an independent
-state, it is true, but in possession of a territory no larger than an
-American county. In a succession of wars lasting through a century and
-a third (400-264 B. C.), she gained control of the whole peninsula of
-Italy. In another century (264-167 B. C.), through a new series of
-wars, she built up an empire that nearly surrounded the Mediterranean
-Sea. This rapid expansion of power is one of the most notable events in
-the world’s history. In the present number of The Mentor, however, we
-are less concerned with the process of conquest than with its result.
-When Rome subdued a foreign state, she exercised her right of war in
-depriving it of a great part of its wealth, including money, land,
-and art treasures, not only paintings and marbles, but works of great
-intrinsic value in bronze, silver, and gold. These confiscations and
-the subsequent taxes levied by the imperial government, together with
-the illegal exactions of officials, tended to impoverish the world for
-the enrichment of Rome and of the few citizens who monopolized the
-offices. The conquest differentiated the freemen of the empire into
-three distinct classes: the few wealthy Romans, who governed the world,
-the masses of Roman citizens who, though in possession of the right to
-vote had gained no advantage by the conquest, and the subjects, barred
-from all share in the imperial government and greatly oppressed by its
-officials.
-
-[Illustration: JULIUS CÆSAR
-
-In the Capitoline Museum, Rome]
-
-Rome became a great city with a population of about a million, who
-had gathered from all parts of the empire. Some had come as slaves,
-others to seek their fortunes, while others had been driven from the
-surrounding districts by the pinch of poverty. As freemen could find
-little work in the city, there grew up a great mob of idlers, who lived
-in large part on food doled out to them by the state as the price of
-their votes.
-
-The ruling class was represented by the Senate, which was the chief
-governing body. Generally the senators were the most cultured and
-intelligent people at Rome; but they had all the faults of a narrow
-plutocracy; through long enjoyment of wealth and power the class was
-thoroughly corrupted and enfeebled. Hence the Senate proved incapable
-of governing and protecting the empire and even of preventing the
-frequent outbreaks of anarchy in the capital.
-
-[Illustration: TEMPLE OF JUPITER--CAPITOLINE
-
-As it appeared in the time of Cæsar]
-
-
-_Early Life of Cæsar_
-
-Such in brief was the world in which Gaius Julius Cæsar lived (100-44
-B. C.) Belonging to the bluest-blooded aristocracy, he began life
-with all the advantages of wealth and family repute. As a boy and
-youth he enjoyed the best education of the time. It consisted mainly
-in the study and imitation of Greek writers, especially orators,
-in preparation for a career as public speaker and statesman. Rome
-had derived her civilization from Greece; and every business man or
-diplomatist had to speak the Greek language, which was the chief medium
-of communication throughout the Mediterranean world.
-
-In company with other young aristocrats Cæsar in early life indulged
-in all the dissipations and vices of his class. The foppish negligence
-of his attire proclaimed him a rake, while exorbitant luxuries, costly
-entertainments, forbidden love-intrigues, gambling--in brief, the
-indulging of a great variety of expensive tastes--exhausted his fortune
-and loaded him with debts so portentous that he could never hope to pay
-them by legal means. Through all these immoralities he kept a sound
-mind and a body capable of extreme activity and endurance, though in
-his later years he was subject to fainting and to epileptic fits.
-
-The clearness and quickness of his intelligence was such that he could
-carry on several lines of thought and keep a number of stenographers[1]
-occupied simultaneously with his dictations. These extraordinary mental
-powers enabled him to master the most complex political situations
-and on the battlefield to turn many a defeat into victory. For the
-knowledge necessary to his manifold activities he devoured the contents
-of a multitude of books on a great variety of subjects. He was an
-orator of splendid power, a writer of clear and simple Latin, a man
-of scientific taste, interested in the customs and character of the
-peoples with whom he came in contact, and in the phenomena of nature;
-a general with few equals in the world’s history, and a statesman
-variously estimated by modern historians.
-
- [1] In that age stenography was a well-developed art, essential to
- the work of a secretary.
-
-[Illustration: THE ROMAN FORUM (restored), northwest side]
-
-[Illustration: From History of Rome, by G. W. Botsford, The Macmillan
-Co., Publishers
-
-A ROMAN FEAST]
-
-At the beginning of his career he cast his lot with the popular party.
-This policy meant little more than a preference for dealing with the
-Assembly rather than with the Senate. In theory the Assembly comprised
-all the citizens; practically it was attended by the idler members of
-the populace. There was no democracy; for those citizens that lived too
-far from Rome to attend the Assembly had no voice in the government,
-and the vast majority of people in the empire were subjects. It was
-expected that a leader of the popular party should propose to the
-Assembly bills for the benefit of the masses of citizens, particularly
-of the populace, and for checking the powers and privileges of the
-aristocracy.
-
-Cæsar was by no means a believer in human equality. Speaking in early
-life at the funeral of an aunt, he gave the following account of his
-family’s genealogy: “My aunt Julia derived her lineage on her mother’s
-side from a race of kings, and on her father’s side from the immortal
-gods; for her mother’s family trace their origin to King Ancus Marcius,
-and her father’s to Venus, of whose stock we are a branch. We unite in
-our pedigree, accordingly, the sacred majesty of kings, who are the
-most exalted among men, and the divine majesty of gods, to whom kings
-themselves are subject.” Men of such pretensions could never descend to
-the level of peasants and artisans, nor believe that the world would
-benefit by popular rule.
-
-[Illustration: POMPEY
-
-In the Palazzo Spada, Rome]
-
-
-_His Wars and His Consulship_
-
-Through an attractive personality, political intrigue sometimes verging
-dangerously on conspiracy, and the lavish use of borrowed money, Cæsar
-rapidly made his way upward through the higher offices in the routine
-order. In those times the surest avenue to political power was success
-in military command; and for the years 61-60 B. C. Cæsar was appointed
-governor of “Farther Spain.” On his arrival he found his province
-at peace; but he managed to stir up trouble with some neighboring
-tribes of mountaineers who were beyond the border of the empire. After
-imposing upon them orders that they could not obey, he made war upon
-them. They had little wealth to plunder, but he took captive great
-numbers, whom he sold into slavery. As governor he found other ways
-of making money, mostly illegal; so that he was able to reward his
-soldiers, pay his huge debts, and have something left for the future.
-In this policy he acted like former governors, but with greater
-cleverness.
-
-[Illustration: JULIUS CÆSAR
-
-In the National Museum, Naples]
-
-Returning to Rome, he gained the Consulship, which was the highest
-standing office (59 B. C.) There were two consuls; and his colleague
-was Bibulus, a stupid person, who chanced to be a political
-adversary. For the first time Cæsar was in a position to display
-his statesmanship. Two great problems were pressing, the economic
-improvement of the masses throughout the empire and their protection
-from the greedy oppression of Roman officials. Against the obstruction
-of his colleague Cæsar carried a law through the Assembly for the
-division of large tracts of public land among the needier citizens--a
-measure which brought him great popularity. Although it did nothing to
-benefit the subjects, it was a step in the right direction. Another
-law, worked out in great detail, aimed to prevent officers of the
-empire from committing extortion upon the subjects. Though doubtless
-well intended, this law proved ineffective because no one in power
-cared to enforce it. Most of his consular year, however, he devoted to
-winning influential friends and to securing for himself an opportunity
-for further military exploits after the expiration of his Consulship.
-The territory placed under his government for this purpose included
-especially Cisalpine Gaul--substantially the Po Basin--and Narbonensis,
-a strip of land extending along the southern coast of Gaul, now France.
-
-Disturbances beyond his borders gave him a pretext for war, which
-lasted eight years (58-50 B. C.), and which resulted in the conquest
-of Gaul. In accomplishing this end Cæsar employed his most brilliant
-generalship, including lightning-like movements and daring strategy.
-When we consider that he had had little experience in warfare, we must
-regard his achievements as marvellous. The conquest was accompanied
-by great cruelty to the conquered. On one occasion more than fifty
-thousand captives were sold into slavery; on another he beheaded the
-senators of a conquered community and sold all the people as slaves.
-At another time he massacred an entire tribe, numbering more than four
-hundred thousand men, women, and children. The plunder, and especially
-the sale of captives, brought the victor enormous wealth, a part of
-which he devoted to buying supporters at Rome. After overawing Gaul
-with terrorism he adopted a policy of conciliation, by which he won the
-fidelity of the survivors. Although in entering upon the conquest Cæsar
-had merely his own aggrandizement in mind, he must in the end have come
-to an appreciation of the value of the new province to the empire. Even
-after the vast slaughter and enslavement of the bravest Gauls, the
-survivors were full of vitality. The country was rich in agricultural
-and mineral resources, and the Rhone River formed a convenient outlet
-for the country’s products in the direction of Rome. This acquisition
-added great strength to the empire, and prepared the ground for the
-extension of Roman civilization into western and central Europe. The
-conquest was, in fact, the greatest achievement of Cæsar’s genius.
-
-[Illustration: From History of Rome, by G. W. Botsford, The Macmillan
-Co., Publishers
-
-WARFARE IN CÆSAR’S TIME]
-
-[Illustration: ROMAN LEGIONARY SOLDIER
-
-From Duruy’s “History of Rome”]
-
-[Illustration: GALLIC SOLDIER]
-
-No sooner had he finished this work than he came to blows with the
-Senate, which feared his towering ambition. A civil war ensued (49-45
-B. C.) The champion of the Senate was Pompey, who also had met with
-great success in war. Though in appearance the struggle was between
-Cæsar and the Republic, its real object was to determine which of the
-two leading generals should be master of the Roman world. Pompey was
-defeated and killed; and in the end Cæsar subdued the whole empire
-to his will. He ruled as Dictator, appointed to that office by the
-submissive Senate.
-
-
-_His Reforms as Dictator_
-
-[Illustration: ROMAN WORKS OF APPROACH
-
-Showing parts of a Gallic wall in which stones are intermixed with
-beams]
-
-During the civil war and the year following its close Cæsar gave
-attention to internal reforms. Humanely and prudently he forgave
-political offenders, and associated with himself in the government
-many who had fought against him in the war. He sought to reconcile old
-hatreds and to introduce an era of good feeling. There can be no doubt
-of his sympathy with the subject peoples. Those in authority in the
-provinces were no longer to enrich themselves and their friends by
-oppression, but were held strictly accountable to the Dictator. Roman
-citizenship was a highly-prized possession, as it meant justice and an
-enviable social standing to the possessor. Cæsar granted it freely to
-individuals and to entire communities. Obviously, his aim was the rapid
-equalization of all freemen of the empire.
-
-He took especial interest in public improvements at Rome. Among these
-works was the completion of the temple to Jupiter, Juno, and Minerva
-on the Capitoline Hill. The earlier temple had been destroyed by fire,
-and the construction of the new building required about thirty-six
-years. This was the largest and most stately temple in the city. Cæsar
-laid out a public square, named after his family the Julian Forum, in
-which he erected a temple to Venus Genetrix (ancestress), from whom
-he claimed descent. In it he placed a graceful statue of the goddess,
-carved by Arcesilaus, the most famous sculptor of the age. It is a
-remarkable example of clinging transparent drapery. In this public
-exhibition of his descent from a goddess Cæsar boldly displayed his
-egotism, which was further exalted by decrees of the Senate proclaiming
-him a god. It was not till after his death, however, that a temple
-was actually erected, at the east end of the Roman Forum, for his
-worship.[2] The Curia, Senate House, Cæsar began to rebuild, but its
-completion was left to Augustus, who named it the Curia Julia, after
-the Julian family, to which Cæsar, and by adoption Augustus, belonged.
-On the south side of the Forum he began the construction of the
-Basilica Julia, afterward finished by Augustus. It was a great hall
-intended for judicial and mercantile business. These are but a small
-part of the vast improvements that he planned for Rome, Italy, and
-the empire. The greater number remained mere schemes. To us the most
-interesting was the cutting of a canal through the Isthmus of Corinth,
-a work that has had to await the skill of the modern engineer.
-
- [2] The temple of the deified Cæsar, the ruins of which is pictured
- in this number.
-
-As supreme pontiff Cæsar was the head of the state religion and
-guardian of the sacred lore. In this capacity he reformed the
-calendar, which in his day had fallen into dire confusion. The
-improvement consisted essentially in the adoption of the Egyptian solar
-year of 365¼ days. The Julian calendar remained in force throughout
-the civilized world till 1582, when it was superseded by that of Pope
-Gregory XIII, who introduced a more exact system.
-
-[Illustration: ROMAN FASCES
-
-Bundle of rods and axe bound together and borne before emperors and
-other rulers as symbols of power]
-
-[Illustration: THE BASILICA JULIA--Roman Forum (restored)]
-
-[Illustration: A DENARIUS
-
-Stamped with the head of Cæsar. A denarius was a silver coin worth
-about 20 cents]
-
-
-_Personal Appearance, Friends and Character_
-
-The Romans as a people belonged to the Mediterranean race, and the
-great majority, therefore, were short and dark, like the Sicilians of
-today. Cæsar, however, was tall and fair, with round, well-proportioned
-limbs and black piercing eyes. His portraits on coins and in sculpture
-show a spare face with a high, broad forehead inclined to baldness,
-representing a physique too delicate to sustain the enormous activities
-of his brain. To the end of his days he paid, perhaps, an excessive
-attention to his personal appearance, and was especially gratified when
-the Senate in his honor decreed him the privilege of wearing a laurel
-wreath; for he found it a means of covering his baldness. There was in
-his face and manner a frank sympathy that won the hearts of all those
-that came into close touch with him; and in spite of brutal conquests
-he developed an expression of gentleness and clemency mentioned by
-writers of his age.
-
-The greatest of his contemporaries was Cicero, who by sheer energy and
-ability had worked his way to the highest offices, and had rescued the
-state from a dangerous conspiracy. Though he was a consummate political
-orator, Cicero’s tastes lay chiefly in the direction of literary
-and philosophic composition, pleasant country life, and association
-with intellectual men. Cæsar tried to win him as a political ally;
-but Cicero and those intimate associates that loved the Republic
-feared Cæsar’s autocratic methods and ambition. This aloofness of the
-intellectual class drove Cæsar to seek friends and helpers in the lower
-ranks of society and among his subordinate military officers. Although
-a few of these people served him faithfully, the great majority were
-incompetent to fill the offices that he gave them, and were bent only
-on shirking duty and enriching themselves. On such a basis no man,
-however great, can build up a just and efficient system of government.
-
-[Illustration: CICERO
-
-In the Vatican Museum, Rome]
-
-[Illustration: CICERO
-
-In the Madrid Museum. Considered the most authentic marble portrait of
-the great orator]
-
-[Illustration: From History of Rome, by G. W. Botsford, The Macmillan
-Co., Publishers
-
-POMPEY]
-
-In spite of many admirable qualities Cæsar shared fully in the moral
-looseness of the age, which set at naught all marriage relations.
-Not even his friends at Rome, nor friendly kings who gave him their
-hospitality, could trust their wives to his honor. With Cleopatra,
-queen of Egypt, he had associated in her capital; but he shocked even
-his dissolute countrymen by bringing her to Rome and into his own house.
-
-
-_An Imitation of Alexander_
-
-[Illustration: POMPEY’S THEATER (restored)
-
-First theater in Rome built of stone]
-
-That Cæsar desired absolute power, not merely for his own enjoyment
-but in the conviction that with it he could best serve the empire,
-can hardly be disputed; but whether or not he wished the kingly title
-no one can know. While he was in the Orient the glamor of Alexander’s
-achievements seems to have overcome him; and under this spell he
-neglected the work of improving the empire to plan the conquest of the
-great Parthian kingdom, Rome’s only surviving rival. In this scheme the
-conqueror got the better of the statesman. A motive to the new war,
-in itself unnecessary, was to escape from the situation at Rome--from
-flattery, intrigue, the incompetence of officials, from deadly though
-silent envy and hatred, which were making his life every day more
-unendurable. As the conqueror of Parthia he could overwhelm all
-opposition and mold the empire as clay in the potter’s hands. For the
-remainder of his days he could dwell serene on the pinnacle of glory;
-and at his death, having no son of his own, he could bequeath the
-regenerated world to his grandnephew Octavius, a youth of great promise
-whom he had adopted as a son.
-
-[Illustration: CLEOPATRA
-
-In the Vatican Museum, Rome]
-
-From all that we can learn, however, success in the Parthian war
-would have been a catastrophe to European civilization. In wealth and
-population, in the resources of war and peace, the Oriental part of
-the empire would have overbalanced the European. The capital would
-have shifted to Alexandria or farther east; and Oriental absolutism
-would have dominated the civilized world. Three centuries after Cæsar,
-autocracy was to come even to Europe. It came with its bureaucratic
-accompaniment to destroy the little that remained of economic strength
-and intellectual freedom, and to drag to ruin the decaying civilization
-of the ancient world.
-
-Cæsar, however, was not destined even to set out for Parthia. On March
-15 (44 B. C.), the Senate met to take the last measures preparatory
-to his departure. The place of session was the Senate House which
-Pompey had built near his theater. Scarcely had Cæsar entered and taken
-his seat when a throng of about sixty senators gathered round him,
-pretending to greet him and to offer a petition. They were conspirators
-who had engaged in a plot for his assassination, through no especial
-love for the Republic, but for various personal reasons. Many had
-gained office and wealth under his patronage; but in their greed for
-greater wealth and political glory they lost all sense of gratitude.
-The best among them was Marcus Brutus, in his own social circle a
-philosopher and an idealist, but in business a hard, relentless usurer.
-Caius Cassius, the brain of the conspiracy, was a plunderer of the
-provinces and a robber of temples, whom envy drove into the plot. By
-such men was Cæsar slain. It was a crime perpetrated upon the civilized
-world, which had to endure thirteen more years of desolating civil
-war (44-31 B. C.), before Octavius, the young heir to Cæsar, could
-gain the mastery and bring the empire to peace. This young man, known
-to history as Augustus, though less brilliant than his granduncle,
-possessed a far greater degree of practical wisdom. It was he, rather
-than Cæsar, who gave the Roman world an organization under which it was
-to enjoy more than two centuries of prosperity and happiness. Viewed in
-this light, the wisest act of the great Cæsar was the choice of this
-youth of delicately modeled features and frail body as his son and
-successor.
-
-[Illustration: OCTAVIUS
-
-Called “Augustus.” In the Vatican Museum, Rome]
-
-[Illustration: MARCUS BRUTUS
-
-In the National Museum, Naples. Found at Pompeii]
-
- * * * * *
-
-THE PASSING OF CÆSAR--“On March 15 (the Ides of March), 44 B. C.,
-Cæsar entered the Senate Chamber and took his seat. His presence awed
-men, in spite of themselves, and the conspirators had determined to
-act at once, lest they should lose courage to act at all. He was
-familiar and easy of access. They gathered round him. He knew them
-all. There was not one from whom he had not a right to expect some
-sort of gratitude, and the movement suggested no suspicion. One had a
-story to tell him; another some favor to ask. Tullius Cimber, whom he
-had just made governor of Bithynia, then came close to him with some
-request which he was unwilling to grant. Cimber caught his gown, as
-if in entreaty, and dragged it from his shoulders. Cassius, who was
-standing behind, stabbed him in the throat. He started up with a cry,
-and caught Cassius’s arm. Another poinard entered his breast, giving a
-mortal wound. He looked round, and seeing not one friendly face, but
-only a ring of daggers pointing at him, he drew his gown over his head,
-gathered the folds about him that he might fall decently, and sank
-down without uttering another word. Cicero was present. Brutus, waving
-his dagger, shouted to Cicero, congratulating him that liberty was
-restored. The Senate rose with shrieks and confusion, and rushed into
-the Forum. The crowd outside caught the words that Cæsar was dead and
-scattered to their houses. The murderers, some of them bleeding from
-wounds which they had given one another in their eagerness, followed,
-crying that the tyrant was dead, and that Rome was free.”--_James
-Anthony Froude._
-
-[Illustration: THE FALLEN CONQUEROR
-
-A reproduction of the pen drawing of the figure of Cæsar made by the
-painter Gérôme as a preliminary sketch for his great picture of the
-assassination of Cæsar]
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-a sketch, by J. A. Froude; JULIUS CÆSAR, by W. W. Fowler (Heroes of
-the Nations Series); JULIUS CÆSAR, by J. Abbott; LIFE OF CÆSAR, in
-Plutarch’s Lives.
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-
-_THE CONQUERORS_
-
-
-[Illustration: Copyright by Braun, Clement & Co. Original painting
-owned by John Wanamaker
-
-THE CONQUERORS
-
-This powerful painting by Pierre Fritel pictures the grim progress of
-the great conquerors of the world through an avenue of death lined by
-the victims of the world’s wars. Cæsar rides in the center--beside and
-behind are Tamerlane, Alexander, Attila, Charlemagne, Napoleon and
-other world conquerors.]
-
-It is Human Desire that makes world history--desire for conquest,
-possession, and control. The Conqueror of the World must have his will.
-He treads the peoples of the earth under his feet, and spreads ruin in
-his path. He knows no social distinctions--this Re-molder of Humanity.
-The habitations of poor and rich alike are demolished, and the
-treasured possessions of city and town desecrated. Monuments of revered
-memory are razed to the ground, and new monuments to the Conqueror are
-raised to the sky. Nations are subjugated; governments are revised;
-territory is re-assigned; new laws are made. The people bow under the
-yoke; the Conqueror is enthroned with pomp and ceremony, and hailed as
-Master of the World.
-
-And then--something happens that saves the world for the people. Some
-call it the “Hand of Fate”; those that live in the faith call it the
-“Will of God.” But history tells us that final defeat awaits the man
-that aspires to be Conqueror of the World.
-
- * * * * *
-
-Tamerlane, the Tartar tyrant, called “the Scourge of God,” swept the
-hordes of Asia before him in world conquest. He died suddenly while
-preparing to invade China. Alexander of Macedon, called “the Great,”
-made himself master of the world of his day. He forestalled Fate by
-dissipating his young life away, and died broken-hearted, sighing for
-more worlds to conquer. Hannibal, the Carthaginian, carried the spirit
-of conquest across the Mediterranean to Spain, Italy, and over the
-Alps. He threatened Rome itself, and aspired to the overlordship of
-land and sea. Finally, defeated by Scipio Africanus, he was exiled to
-Syria, where, dishonored and deserted, he committed suicide. Julius
-Cæsar conquered all Gaul, and carried the standards of Rome to far-off
-Britain. The name of Cæsar became synonymous with conquest, so that
-it has been borne by successive emperors for centuries, and is, even
-in this day, the title of Imperialism. But Cæsar crossed the Rubicon,
-“and Rome was free no more.” In the very fullness of his power he was
-assassinated by his own senators, his friend Brutus among them.
-
-“As he was ambitious,” said Brutus, “I slew him. There is joy for his
-fortune; honor for his valor; and _death_ for his ambition.”
-
-Napoleon Bonaparte gained leadership in France at a critical time,
-reconstructed her shattered institutions, and built up a military
-power that dominated all Europe. His ambition contemplated a personal
-supremacy of the Continent, with vassal nations paying tribute to
-his sovereignty. Beyond the bounds of Europe he carried conquest
-into Egypt, riding his charger to the foot of the Pyramids. But his
-over-weening ambition tempted him too far. As the crossing of the
-Rubicon sealed the fate of Cæsar, the crossing of the Niemen marked the
-beginning of Napoleon’s downfall. With the Grand Army of more than half
-a million men, he invaded Russia, penetrating as far as Moscow. In a
-few months, with a pitiful, broken and ragged remnant of his forces,
-he recrossed the Niemen, minus glory and minus the trophies of war.
-Soon after, Napoleon met his Waterloo, and ended his days in lonely
-brooding, like an eagle chained to a rock, on the desolate island of
-St. Helena.
-
- * * * * *
-
-_Sic transit gloria mundi_--“so passes away the glory of the world”; so
-ends the career of the Conqueror.
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-<h1>THE MENTOR 1918.03.01, No. 150,<br />
-Julius Cæsar</h1>
-
-<div class="figcenter" style="width: 480px;">
-<img src="images/cover.jpg" width="480" height="700" alt="Cover page" />
-</div>
-
-<div class="bbox" style="width: 25em; margin: auto;">
-
-<p class="center gesperrt smaller">LEARN ONE THING<br />
-EVERY DAY</p>
-
-<p class="smaller noindent">MARCH 1 1918</p>
-
-<p class="right smaller noindent" style="margin-top: -2em;">SERIAL NO. 150</p>
-
-<p class="center"><span class="larger">THE<br />
-MENTOR</span><br />
-<br />
-JULIUS CÆSAR</p>
-
-<p class="center smaller">By<br />
-GEORGE WILLIS BOTSFORD</p>
-
-<p class="smaller noindent">DEPARTMENT OF<br />
-BIOGRAPHY</p>
-
-<p class="right smaller noindent" style="margin-top: -3em;">VOLUME 6<br />
-NUMBER 2</p>
-
-<p class="center smaller">TWENTY CENTS A COPY</p>
-
-</div>
-
-<hr />
-
-<div class="bbox-dashed">
-
-<h2>The Real Julius Cæsar</h2>
-
-<div class="figcenter" style="width: 100px;">
-<img src="images/book-small.jpg" width="30" height="30" alt="(decorative)" />
-<img src="images/book-small.jpg" width="30" height="30" alt="(decorative)" />
-</div>
-
-<p>In person Cæsar was tall and slight. His features were
-more refined than was usual in Roman faces; the
-forehead was wide and high, the nose large and thin,
-the lips full, the eyes dark gray like an eagle’s, the neck
-extremely thick and sinewy. His complexion was pale.
-His hair was short and naturally scanty, falling off toward
-the end of his life and leaving him partially bald. His
-voice, especially when he spoke in public, was high and shrill.</p>
-
-<div class="figcenter" style="width: 100px;">
-<img src="images/book-small.jpg" width="30" height="30" alt="(decorative)" />
-<img src="images/book-small.jpg" width="30" height="30" alt="(decorative)" />
-</div>
-
-<p>His health was uniformly strong until his last year,
-when he became subject to epileptic fits. He was
-scrupulously clean in all his habits, abstemious in his
-food, rarely or never touching wine, and noting sobriety
-as the highest of qualities when describing any new
-people. He was an athlete in early life, admirable in
-all manly exercises, and especially in riding. From his
-boyhood it was observed of him that he was the truest
-of friends, that he avoided quarrels, and was most easily
-appeased when offended. In manner he was quiet and
-gentlemanlike, with the natural courtesy of high-breeding.</p>
-
-<div class="figcenter" style="width: 100px;">
-<img src="images/book-small.jpg" width="30" height="30" alt="(decorative)" />
-<img src="images/book-small.jpg" width="30" height="30" alt="(decorative)" />
-</div>
-
-<p>He was singularly careful of his soldiers. He allowed his
-legions rest, though he allowed none to himself. He
-rarely fought a battle at a disadvantage. He never exposed
-his men to unnecessary danger, and the loss by wear and tear
-in the campaigns in Gaul was exceptionally and even astonishingly
-slight. When a gallant action was performed, he
-knew by whom it had been done, and every soldier, however
-humble, might feel assured that if he deserved praise he
-would have it. The army was Cæsar’s family.</p>
-
-<p class="right">JAMES ANTHONY FROUDE</p>
-
-</div>
-
-<hr />
-
-<div class="figcenter" style="width: 475px;">
-
-<img src="images/plate1.jpg" width="475" height="650" alt="" />
-
-<p class="captionleft">IN THE NATIONAL MUSEUM, NAPLES</p>
-
-<p class="caption">JULIUS CÆSAR</p>
-
-</div>
-
-<div class="chapter">
-<h2><i>JULIUS CÆSAR<br />
-<span class="smaller">The Career of Cæsar</span></i></h2>
-</div>
-
-<p class="line"><span class="linebg">ONE</span></p>
-
-<div>
-<img class="dropcap" src="images/dropcap-plain-g.jpg" width="100" height="100" alt="" />
-</div>
-
-<p class="dropcap">Gaius Julius Cæsar was born in 100 B. C. of old
-patrician stock. In youth he received from Greek
-masters the elements of their culture, including
-astronomy, philosophy, and rhetoric. To complete
-his oratorical studies he sailed for Rhodes, but on the way was
-taken captive by pirates and held for ransom. This mishap
-would have subjected him to ridicule, had
-he not, on his release, manned a ship and
-punished his captors. Returning to Rome,
-he entered politics, the most ambitious
-career open to fashionable young men. In
-this vocation he had to pay his respects
-to men of influence, plead cases at court,
-and render financial or other assistance to
-unfortunate clients; he had to call by
-name and compliment all whom he met,
-to entertain lavishly, and attend the
-various social functions of all classes.
-Above all he had to maintain a permanent
-coterie of supporters to act as agents in
-time of need.</p>
-
-<p>In 68 B. C. he reached the lowest rung
-in the political ladder. This was the office
-of quæstor, who had the handling of public
-funds. Soon afterward as ædile, commissioner
-of public works and games, his
-magnificent entertainments won the good
-will of the voters, and brought about his
-election to the Supreme Pontificate. In
-this capacity he directed the state religion,
-and his person was esteemed sacred. It
-was a great political advantage. Next he
-was elected prætor, whose chief duty was
-to preside over one of the criminal courts.
-After a man had held the prætorship or
-the consulship the Senate usually appointed
-him as a proprætor or proconsul
-to the government of a province. As proprætor
-accordingly Cæsar governed Spain
-in 61-60. Returning home in the latter
-year, he formed a political ring, known as
-the First Triumvirate, with Pompey, a
-general who had gained splendid victories
-in the Orient, and Crassus, the wealthiest
-capitalist of the empire. This combination
-secured the consulship for Cæsar for
-the year 59. His opposition to the Senate
-during this year, and his legislation in
-the interest of the people made him very
-popular. As proconsul (58-50) he conquered
-Gaul. Meanwhile Crassus was
-killed in battle; and Pompey, adopting the
-cause of the Senate, prepared nominally
-to defend the Republic; in fact, to rid
-himself of a powerful rival. In the civil
-war that followed the seasoned veterans
-of the popular hero proved superior to the
-forces of the Senate, most of them hastily
-gathered from the farms. Thereupon the
-Senate, shifting about, heaped honors and
-triumphs upon the victor. As consul,
-dictator, and supreme pontiff Cæsar was
-virtually, though not in name, a king
-(49-44). The power of the aristocracy
-was broken, but its hatred lived and generated
-a plot to kill the “enemy of the
-Republic.” On March 15, 44, Cæsar fell,
-stabbed with twenty-three wounds, at the
-hands of erstwhile friends.</p>
-
-<p>Cæsar began his career as a politician,
-but ended it as a statesman. His courage,
-clemency, and personal charm won countless
-friends. While costly entertainments
-were a political necessity, his moderation
-in private life earned the respect of Roman
-society. A blue-blooded patrician, he
-steadfastly championed the popular cause.
-This policy alienated his own class, and
-finally resulted in his death. His political
-understanding developed hand in hand
-with his patriotism. Better than his contemporaries,
-he saw the economic and
-social decay of the Republic, and felt that
-inefficiency and corruption could be eradicated
-in no other way than by a strong
-monarchy. His own supremacy he
-brought about with the minimum of
-bloodshed. When once in power he vigorously
-swept away the weaknesses and
-oppression of aristocratic rule, and laid a
-solid foundation for the future peace and
-prosperity of the empire.</p>
-
-<p class="center smaller">PREPARED BY THE EDITORIAL STAFF OF THE MENTOR ASSOCIATION<br />
-ILLUSTRATION FOR THE MENTOR, VOL. 6. No. 2, SERIAL No. 150<br />
-COPYRIGHT, 1918, BY THE MENTOR ASSOCIATION, INC.</p>
-
-<hr />
-
-<div class="figcenter" style="width: 650px;">
-
-<img src="images/plate2.jpg" width="650" height="460" alt="" />
-
-<p class="caption">THE RIVER TIBER&mdash;IN THE TIME OF CÆSAR</p>
-
-</div>
-
-<div class="chapter">
-<h2><i>JULIUS CÆSAR<br />
-<span class="smaller">The Roman Empire</span></i></h2>
-</div>
-
-<p class="line"><span class="linebg">TWO</span></p>
-
-<div>
-<img class="dropcap" src="images/dropcap-plain-t.jpg" width="100" height="100" alt="" />
-</div>
-
-<p class="dropcap">Through nearly four centuries of conquest and alliance
-(400-44 B. C.) the Roman empire came to embrace
-the entire Mediterranean region. After
-Cæsar’s conquest of Gaul, it extended from the
-Atlantic to the Euphrates, from the North Sea and Alps to the
-Sahara. This vast area was organized into administrative
-divisions, called provinces. Its very size
-meant a heterogeneous population, scores
-of peoples, each with its own language and
-customs. In the east Greek had replaced
-local tongues for literary, diplomatic, and
-business purposes. In the west many dialects
-remained: for Latin, though official,
-was but gradually coming into universal
-use.</p>
-
-<p>Life in the empire was mainly agricultural.
-Tools were simple, if not primitive;
-and only after a struggle could the peasant
-produce enough to last until the next
-harvest. Industries were largely domestic,
-carried on at home, or in small shops
-for local use. The eastern parts&mdash;Egypt,
-Asia Minor, and western Asia&mdash;were far
-wealthier. Here commerce and skilled
-industries were more flourishing, though
-by any modern estimate, on a small scale.
-As there were no machines in the modern
-sense, goods had to be made by hand.
-The imperial roads were in excellent condition
-but distances were long, travel was
-slow, and transportation expensive, save
-by water.</p>
-
-<p>When a new territory was incorporated
-into the empire, it became a province. It
-was placed in charge of a quæstor, who
-controlled financial matters, and a general
-executive called proprætor or proconsul&mdash;both
-appointed annually by the
-imperial government. The governor commanded
-the army and acted as the highest
-judge in his territory. The province was
-divided into city-states, each of which retained
-its laws and customs, its magistrates,
-council, and popular assembly.
-They managed their local affairs, and no attempt
-was made to interfere in their religion.
-Instead of rendering military service
-they had to pay annual tribute. At auction
-the highest bidders received contracts for
-collecting taxes in the several cities.</p>
-
-<p>Unfortunately, abuses crept into provincial
-rule. In the first place, Rome favored
-her citizens at the expense of her subjects.
-Native merchants were superseded
-by greedy speculators and traders, who,
-reducing the people to poverty, drove the
-peasants from their farms and built up
-vast estates of their own. The evil of
-“farming” taxes became intolerable, for
-avaricious contractors made the peasants
-pay far more than their due. In his year
-of service, too, the typical governor expected
-to accumulate a fortune sufficient
-(1) to pay political debts, (2) to bribe
-judges in case of prosecution, (3) to live
-in luxury the remainder of his life. Few
-governors were honest enough to check
-these wrongs. Furthermore, the wealthier
-provinces were heavily overtaxed to help
-pay the expense of governing the newly
-acquired frontier provinces, which as a
-rule were financial failures.</p>
-
-<p>These evils Cæsar went far in remedying.
-He curtailed the system of “farming”
-taxes, and placed it under strict
-supervision. Thus capitalists were prevented
-from openly plundering the subjects.
-He appointed able, honest governors,
-and held them to account. Legionary
-commanders, too, appointed by him to
-serve under the governor, and revenue
-officials&mdash;his own servants and freedmen&mdash;saw
-that his will was everywhere enforced.
-The provinces, especially the
-poorer ones, were to be cultivated and
-improved. An attempt was made to
-equalize the burden of taxation, and the
-heavy drain on the eastern provinces was
-lessened. Lastly, in order to abolish class
-and national distinctions, and to weld together
-the empire, Cæsar allowed himself
-to be worshipped as a god, and adopted
-the policy of rapidly granting citizenship
-to provincials. In aiming to bring about
-such an empire devoid of nationality
-Cæsar followed the procedure of the great
-Alexander, and set an example for his successor,
-Napoleon.</p>
-
-<p class="center smaller">PREPARED BY THE EDITORIAL STAFF OF THE MENTOR ASSOCIATION<br />
-ILLUSTRATION FOR THE MENTOR, VOL. 6. No. 2, SERIAL No. 150<br />
-COPYRIGHT, 1918, BY THE MENTOR ASSOCIATION, INC.</p>
-
-<hr />
-
-<div class="figcenter" style="width: 650px;">
-
-<img src="images/plate3.jpg" width="650" height="460" alt="" />
-
-<p class="caption">THE ROMAN FORUM&mdash;IN THE TIME OF CÆSAR</p>
-
-</div>
-
-<div class="chapter">
-<h2><i>JULIUS CÆSAR<br />
-<span class="smaller">Rome and Egypt</span></i></h2>
-</div>
-
-<p class="line"><span class="linebg">THREE</span></p>
-
-<div>
-<img class="dropcap" src="images/dropcap-plain-e.jpg" width="100" height="100" alt="" />
-</div>
-
-<p class="dropcap">Early in his career of conquest Alexander the Great
-subdued Egypt and founded Alexandria (332 B. C.)
-This country proved the most valuable part of his
-vast realm, and afterward of the Roman Empire.
-The valley of the Nile is exceedingly fertile, well watered as it
-is from the river, and continually enriched by the alluvial
-deposits from the yearly overflow. The
-people were patient and laborious. For
-thousands of years they had toiled like
-slaves for their Pharaohs, whom they
-looked upon as gods, and who owned all
-the land and most of the wealth of the
-kingdom. Naturally Alexander usurped
-the property rights and the divine rights of
-the Pharaohs; and ultimately when Egypt
-fell as a kingdom, to his general, Ptolemy,
-the latter succeeded to all these advantages.
-For nearly three centuries Egypt
-was ruled by the dynasty thus founded,
-in which each king bore the name Ptolemy,
-inherited from his father. The king was
-proprietor, not only of all the land but
-also of the extensive industrial plants and
-shipping. As Alexandria was the greatest
-manufacturing and commercial center
-of the world, Ptolemy was far the wealthiest
-capitalist. His military and civil officers
-were Greeks; his soldiers were Greeks and
-other foreigners; so that with his complex
-military and administrative machine
-he was able to govern the Egyptians as a
-conquered people. In the eyes of the
-kings they were mere producers of wealth;
-the official language was Greek, and the
-majority of sovereigns did not take the
-pains to learn the native speech.</p>
-
-<p>At first remarkably competent, the
-Ptolemies gradually declined in ability,
-and even before the birth of Cæsar had
-come to be subservient to Rome. We may
-imagine with what longing the greedy
-Roman oligarchs viewed this kingdom,
-and how persistent was the agitation for
-its conquest.</p>
-
-<p>Such an object Cæsar undoubtedly had
-in view when he sailed against Alexandria
-with the pretext of settling a dispute between
-Ptolemy and his sister Cleopatra.
-This fascinating woman convinced the
-Roman general of the justice of her cause,
-and was accordingly placed on the throne.
-Their mutual infatuation became the gossip
-of Rome when she afterward visited
-that city. Though not beautiful, the
-Egyptian queen was a charming woman.
-A talented linguist, she could dispense
-with an interpreter in dealing with her
-subjects and with foreign princes. Fond of
-music, literature, and art, she made a
-pleasing hostess, while her gorgeous entertainments
-captivated her guests. She was
-gifted, too, with an instinct for the various
-paths to men’s affections; and her melodious
-voice and pretty ways won her desires
-from the strongest of rulers. This
-demoniac fascination, coupled with an ambition
-to found a great empire, made her one
-of the most powerful women in all history.</p>
-
-<p>After Cæsar’s death Octavianus (Octavius&mdash;called
-Cæsar Augustus) remained at
-Rome, while Antony governed the eastern
-half of the empire. Soon he fell under the
-spell of Cleopatra, and gladly married her
-that he might become, without conquest,
-king of Egypt. Political motives underlay
-this romance: he wanted to add Egypt with
-its vast wealth to his domain, while she, no
-less ambitious, viewed the chaos at Rome as
-an opportunity to secure for herself Antony’s
-share of the empire. Octavianus
-saw the will of Antony bending before his
-consort’s superhuman fascination. Appreciating
-the danger to Rome, he defeated
-Antony in a naval battle, 31 B. C., sailed
-to Egypt, and with little trouble captured
-Alexandria. Seeing that all was lost, the
-royal lovers committed suicide. Thus
-fell the last glorious remnant of the Alexandrian
-kingdom. Henceforth it was but
-a part of the Roman world-state.</p>
-
-<p class="center smaller">PREPARED BY THE EDITORIAL STAFF OF THE MENTOR ASSOCIATION<br />
-ILLUSTRATION FOR THE MENTOR, VOL. 6. No. 2, SERIAL No. 150<br />
-COPYRIGHT, 1918, BY THE MENTOR ASSOCIATION, INC.</p>
-
-<hr />
-
-<div class="figcenter" style="width: 650px;">
-
-<img src="images/plate4.jpg" width="650" height="460" alt="" />
-
-<p class="captionleft">ON EXHIBITION AT STERN BROS., N. Y. CITY.</p>
-
-<p class="caption">CÆSAR CROSSING THE RUBICON, <span class="smcap">by J. L. Gérôme</span></p>
-
-</div>
-
-<div class="chapter">
-<h2><i>JULIUS CÆSAR<br />
-<span class="smaller">Cæsar as Author and General</span></i></h2>
-</div>
-
-<p class="line"><span class="linebg">FOUR</span></p>
-
-<div>
-<img class="dropcap" src="images/dropcap-plain-n.jpg" width="100" height="100" alt="" />
-</div>
-
-<p class="dropcap">Nowhere is the versatility of Julius Cæsar more
-clearly in evidence than in his literary accomplishments,
-the majority of which unfortunately have
-been lost. His scientific spirit is manifest in an
-astronomical work, “Concerning the Stars,” which we do not
-have, but which was doubtless connected with his reform of
-the calendar. As an orator Cæsar was
-famed for his precise use of language, good
-taste, and vivacious, forcible style of delivery,
-qualities as necessary to his political
-career as to success in authorship.
-The “Dialogue on Orators,” however,
-though highly praised by Cicero, has disappeared,
-likewise his treatise on Grammar.
-The world no longer has his collection of
-despatches and letters, many of them in
-cipher, or his political pamphlets against
-Cato, who had been eulogized as “the
-martyr of the Republic,” or his “Collective
-Sayings,” a veritable store-house of satirical
-witticisms, or his many poems, with
-the exception of a well-known criticism of
-Terence, the playwright.</p>
-
-<p>We can only judge his varied literary
-talents by his “Commentaries On the
-Gallic War” in seven books, and “On the
-Civil War” in three, known to all schoolboys
-and college students. The former
-dictated amidst anxiety and distraction
-were intended to show his ability and
-courage as a general, to justify the moderation
-of his Gallic policy, and to forestall
-attacks by political opponents. Written
-in the third person, their modesty dispels
-the suspicion of egoism, yet the author
-knew how, without violating the truth and
-without boasting, to display his merits to
-the greatest possible advantage. The
-language is simple and restrained yet
-vigorous and clear. There are thrilling
-moments, for example, in the description
-of the ever-threatening danger of Sabinus,
-or the exciting escape of Cicero, when the
-fort of Aduatuca was endangered by a
-swoop of German marauders. Throughout
-the story the natives, with their inferior
-civilization, their perfidies and duplicities,
-are mere pigmies in the clutches
-of a giant. Like an irresistible force of
-nature, the great Roman tramples down
-everything in his path.</p>
-
-<p>The same impassive restraint is shown
-in the “Civil War.” The work contains
-fewer thrilling events; but dramatic
-movements like the crossing of the Rubicon,
-grievances at the hands of his enemies,
-and his frequent overtures for peace
-seldom fail to awaken the reader’s sympathy.
-The word “commentaries,” applied
-to these books, signifies merely
-“notes,” as the author himself regarded
-them; but in the judgment of after ages
-they are model historical narratives.</p>
-
-<p>From the “Commentaries,” too, we may
-form an estimate of Cæsar the general.
-In knowledge of the technical departments
-of warfare he has had few superiors.
-He knew how to enroll and organize vast
-numbers of raw recruits, and to transform
-them rapidly into trained military units.
-The ease with which he overcame the
-dangers and difficulties constantly confronting
-him testify to his consummate
-tactics and strategy. He was without a peer
-in practical psychology&mdash;a prime factor in
-successful generalship. This quality enabled
-him to read and understand the feelings
-of adversaries as well as of his own men.
-He possessed coolness, too, and self-control
-to an extraordinary degree, which
-served to win the confidence and affection
-of his troops, and to discourage panic and
-disaster. He was, moreover, a just critic,
-eager to praise, slow to blame. His inherent
-generosity willingly recognized and
-rewarded merit in officers and men. Cæsar
-was especially fond of his centurions&mdash;the
-flower of those who had risen from the
-ranks. Often without political or family
-ties, they fought and died for him alone.
-Though of slight physique and generally
-in poor health, through simple living and
-sheer force of will Cæsar bore many
-arduous campaigns, often marching on
-foot with his men. It was this unfailing
-vigor and resolution, manifesting itself in
-acts of heroic daring, which gave courage
-and moral determination to his forces.</p>
-
-<p class="center smaller">PREPARED BY THE EDITORIAL STAFF OF THE MENTOR ASSOCIATION<br />
-ILLUSTRATION FOR THE MENTOR, VOL. 6. No. 2, SERIAL No. 150<br />
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-
-<hr />
-
-<div class="figcenter" style="width: 650px;">
-
-<img src="images/plate5.jpg" width="650" height="380" alt="" />
-
-<p class="captionleft">PHOTOGRAPHED FROM A PRINT</p>
-
-<p class="caption">THE DEATH OF CÆSAR, <span class="smcap">by J L. Gérôme.</span></p>
-
-</div>
-
-<div class="chapter">
-<h2><i>JULIUS CÆSAR<br />
-<span class="smaller">Cæsar’s Associates and Opponents</span></i></h2>
-</div>
-
-<p class="line"><span class="linebg">FIVE</span></p>
-
-<div>
-<img class="dropcap" src="images/dropcap-plain-t.jpg" width="100" height="100" alt="" />
-</div>
-
-<p class="dropcap">The most distinguished of Cæsar’s contemporaries
-was Cicero. With an exceptional education, he entered
-politics, where, in spite of scant means and
-ignoble ancestry, he finally attained to the consulship,
-63 B. C. Throughout his career, an ardent supporter of
-the Republic, he opposed the arbitrary rule of Cæsar; and in
-the Civil War he favored the Senatorial
-party. In the troubles following Cæsar’s
-murder Cicero heroically defended the
-Republic in many a brilliant oration; and
-in this cause he sacrificed his life. Though
-possessed of many noble qualities, his
-vacillation, artistic temperament, and
-supersensitiveness unfitted him for statesmanship.</p>
-
-<p>Cicero’s chief claims to greatness lie in
-the fields of literature and philosophy.
-He was a poet of no mean ability. His
-“Orations,” with their kaleidoscopic range
-of mood and choice of words, are the most
-brilliant in the Latin language. The
-painstaking labor required for this supreme
-mastery of speech is shown in his rhetorical
-works. His “Letters,” written in simple
-style, lay bare a human heart, with
-all its shortcomings and aspirations, while
-through their wide range of topics they
-bring the reader into intimate touch with
-the spirit of the age. Of farther-reaching
-influence are his works on political science
-and philosophy. His “Republic” aims to
-discover the best form of government,
-and to examine into the foundations of
-national prosperity. His many philosophic
-writings set forth the various Greek
-schools of thought, especially the Platonic
-and the Stoic. Through the medium of
-a diction so perfect as to make Latin the
-universal language of culture for centuries
-to come, Cicero successfully transplanted
-Greek thought to Latin soil. Nor did his
-influence cease there; from his philosophy
-the Church fathers drew inspiration; and
-in it centuries later the scholars of the
-Renaissance first found the vitalizing
-spark of Greek culture.</p>
-
-<p>Of Cæsar’s immediate associates, Cassius,
-Brutus, and Antony are most interesting,
-if only for their important rôles in
-Shakespeare’s “Julius Cæsar.” Though
-showered with offices, Cassius, a malcontent,
-bore a grudge against Cæsar for being
-his master, and began to plot against
-him. He found many influential men,
-who, jealous of Cæsar’s power, were themselves
-anxious to divide the spoils of government.
-To give the plot an air of
-respectability, he won over Brutus, ostensibly
-a student and man of letters, but at
-heart an unfeeling usurer. Appointed
-by Cæsar governor of Cisalpine Gaul and
-prætor, Brutus became an assassin of his
-benefactor.</p>
-
-<p>Among the three near associates of
-Cæsar, Mark Antony was far the ablest,
-and possessed the merit of remaining faithful
-till the death of the benefactor. He
-had filled many military and civil offices
-with distinction, and was Cæsar’s colleague
-in the consulship at the time of the
-murder. Shortly before this event, at a
-public festival, Antony offered Cæsar a
-crown, alleging that it was from the people.
-Although Cæsar would gladly have
-welcomed any device for legitimizing his
-rule, he refused the kingly title because of
-its unpopularity.</p>
-
-<p>The assassination left Antony sole consul.
-Having control of Cæsar’s papers and
-property, he skilfully used these advantages
-to make himself absolute. In a
-clever oration at the funeral he turned the
-feelings of the populace against the murderers,
-who thereupon fled from Rome.
-With young Octavianus (Octavius) he
-patched up a temporary alliance, and in
-combination they defeated the armies of
-Brutus and Cassius in the two battles of
-Philippi, 42 B. C. The beaten generals
-committed suicide, and the victors
-divided the empire between them, Antony
-taking the East and Octavianus the West.
-The later history of Antony is told in
-connection with Cleopatra.</p>
-
-<p class="center smaller">PREPARED BY THE EDITORIAL STAFF OF THE MENTOR ASSOCIATION<br />
-ILLUSTRATION FOR THE MENTOR, VOL. 6. No. 2, SERIAL No. 150<br />
-COPYRIGHT, 1918, BY THE MENTOR ASSOCIATION, INC.</p>
-
-<hr />
-
-<div class="figcenter" style="width: 650px;">
-
-<img src="images/plate6.jpg" width="650" height="460" alt="" />
-
-<p class="caption">RUINS OF THE TEMPLE OF THE DEIFIED JULIUS CÆSAR&mdash;<span class="smcap">Roman Forum</span></p>
-
-</div>
-
-<div class="chapter">
-<h2><i>JULIUS CÆSAR<br />
-<span class="smaller">The Portrait Sculpture and the Reproduction of Buildings in this
-Number of The Mentor</span></i></h2>
-</div>
-
-<p class="line"><span class="linebg">SIX</span></p>
-
-<div>
-<img class="dropcap" src="images/dropcap-plain-i.jpg" width="100" height="100" alt="" />
-</div>
-
-<p class="dropcap">In the Rome of Cæsar Hellenic influence was active,
-not only in literature and philosophy, but also in
-art. The Roman portrait sculpture of this period
-reveals Greek knowledge and skill; but its essential
-character was determined by native tradition. The earliest
-Roman portraits were waxen death masks formed from a
-moulding over the face. Hence they were
-mechanically accurate but utterly devoid
-of animation. Though this material has
-perished, the visitor to the museums of
-Rome will find in relief many a family
-group in which the faces retain the mask-like
-quality. Only in a slighter degree
-does the principle apply to portrait sculpture
-in the round. At its best the Republican
-face accordingly is intensely realistic
-yet with no intimation of the inner spirit.
-Commonly the hair is indicated by parallel
-scratches made by firm chisel strokes.
-By these characteristics many busts and
-statues may be easily dated. It should
-be noticed, too, that in the Republican
-age the portrait heads, as distinguished
-from statues, include in addition to the
-head scarcely more than the neck, and
-that the bust is a gradual development
-during the subsequent period. With this
-criterion we are able to assign the Brutus
-of this number of The Mentor to the
-administration of Claudius, 41-54 A. D.
-In the colossal portrait of Cæsar of the
-National Museum at Naples the bust is a
-modern restoration, and we may only cherish
-the reasonable faith that the head is
-genuine, though somewhat later than his
-lifetime. The famous Cæsar of the British
-Museum, comprising head and neck, would
-satisfy the criterion here formulated, but
-fails to pass another even more important
-test. The indication of the pupil in the eye
-was not devised till after Hadrian, 117-138
-A. D., and accordingly this head could be
-no earlier. Recently it has been suggested,
-with some reason, that the work is a modern
-study. If so, it is a great success, as
-it most admirably expresses the physique
-and the character of the famous man.</p>
-
-<p>Another aid to identification is the circumstance
-that a colossus could represent
-no one but a preéminent person; and this
-criterion favors the Neapolitan head of
-Cæsar mentioned above. The colossus
-statue in the Conservatori Palace seems
-to be authentic, but was made a half century
-or more after his death. The face is
-fuller than the literary description or the
-coins would warrant, but the difference
-may well be due to idealization. The images
-on coins are doubtless true likenesses,
-but in the case of his sculptured portraits
-we can only deal in probabilities.</p>
-
-<p>For Pompey we are in a less fortunate
-condition. The colossal statue in the
-Palazzo Spada, a detail of which is given
-in this number, has long passed as the
-image at the feet of which Cæsar met his
-death; but the proof is insufficient, and it
-seems at least as likely that it represents
-an emperor. Other portraits are equally
-uncertain. The Madrid bust of Cicero is
-genuine, and well represents the orator’s
-great intelligence with a momentary expression
-of scorn. The better-known Vatican
-head, the bust of which is modern, is
-also genuine and stands second in merit.
-For Cleopatra there are no certain sculptural
-portraits. The reclining woman of
-the Ariadne type has been mistaken for
-her because of the snake, as she is known
-to have died by the bite of an asp. The
-illustration is given merely because it long
-passed for Cleopatra and is a Greek work
-of rare beauty. Her true image is shown
-on coins.</p>
-
-<p>The various reproductions of edifices
-are not creations of the fancy, but have
-been carefully worked out by archæologists
-from remains of buildings according to
-the well established principles of architecture.</p>
-
-<p class="center smaller">PREPARED BY THE EDITORIAL STAFF OF THE MENTOR ASSOCIATION<br />
-ILLUSTRATION FOR THE MENTOR, VOL. 6. No. 2, SERIAL No. 150<br />
-COPYRIGHT, 1918, BY THE MENTOR ASSOCIATION, INC.</p>
-
-<hr />
-
-<div class="bordered">
-
-<p class="center larger">THE MENTOR · DEPARTMENT OF BIOGRAPHY<br />
-MARCH 1, 1918</p>
-
-</div>
-
-<h2>JULIUS CÆSAR</h2>
-
-<p class="center">By GEORGE WILLIS BOTSFORD</p>
-
-<p class="center"><i>Late Professor of History, Columbia University. Author of “Story of Rome,”
-“History of Rome,” etc.</i></p>
-
-<div class="figleft" style="width: 30%;">
-
-<p class="center"><i>MENTOR
-GRAVURES</i></p>
-
-<p class="center smaller">JULIUS CÆSAR</p>
-
-<p class="center smaller">THE ROMAN FORUM
-IN THE TIME OF
-CÆSAR</p>
-
-<p class="center smaller">THE RIVER TIBER
-IN THE TIME OF
-CÆSAR</p>
-
-<div class="figcenter" style="width: 100px;">
-<img src="images/book-small.jpg" width="30" height="30" alt="(decorative)" />
-</div>
-
-</div>
-
-<div class="figright" style="width: 30%;">
-
-<p class="center"><i>MENTOR
-GRAVURES</i></p>
-
-<p class="center smaller">CÆSAR CROSSING THE
-RUBICON</p>
-
-<p class="center smaller">DEATH OF CÆSAR</p>
-
-<p class="center smaller">RUINS OF THE TEMPLE
-OF THE DEIFIED
-CÆSAR</p>
-
-<div class="figcenter" style="width: 100px;">
-<img src="images/book-small.jpg" width="30" height="30" alt="(decorative)" />
-</div>
-
-</div>
-
-<div class="figcenter" style="width: 209px;">
-
-<img src="images/illus15.jpg" width="209" height="300" alt="" />
-
-<p class="captionleft">From History of Rome, by G. W. Botsford, The Macmillan Co., Publishers</p>
-
-<p class="caption">JULIUS CÆSAR</p>
-
-</div>
-
-<p class="center smaller clearboth">Entered as second-class matter March 10, 1913, at the postoffice at New York, N. Y., under the act of March 3, 1879. Copyright, 1918,
-by The Mentor Association, Inc.</p>
-
-<h3><i>Rome’s Conquest of the Civilized World</i></h3>
-
-<div>
-<img class="dropcap" src="images/dropcap-italic-t.jpg" width="113" height="100" alt="" />
-</div>
-
-<p class="dropcap">To understand the world in which Cæsar lived it is necessary
-first to review the growth of the Roman Empire. Four hundred
-years before the beginning of the Christian era Rome was a small
-city, an independent state, it is true, but in possession of a territory
-no larger than an American county. In a succession of wars
-lasting through a century and a third (400-264 B. C.), she gained control
-of the whole peninsula of Italy. In another century (264-167 B. C.),
-through a new series of wars, she built up an empire that nearly surrounded
-the Mediterranean Sea. This rapid expansion of power is one of the most
-notable events in the world’s history. In the present number of The Mentor,
-however, we are less concerned with the process of conquest than with its
-result. When Rome subdued a foreign state, she exercised her right of war
-in depriving it of a great part of its wealth, including money, land, and art
-treasures, not only paintings and marbles, but
-works of great intrinsic value in bronze, silver,
-and gold. These confiscations and the subsequent
-taxes levied by the imperial government,
-together with the illegal exactions of officials,
-tended to impoverish the world for the enrichment
-of Rome and of the few citizens who monopolized
-the offices. The conquest differentiated
-the freemen of the empire into three distinct
-classes: the few wealthy Romans, who governed
-the world, the masses of Roman citizens who,
-though in possession of the right to vote had
-gained no advantage by the conquest, and the
-subjects, barred from all share in the imperial
-government and greatly oppressed by its officials.</p>
-
-<div class="figleft" style="width: 170px;">
-
-<img src="images/illus16a.jpg" width="170" height="300" alt="" />
-
-<p class="caption">JULIUS CÆSAR</p>
-
-<p class="caption">In the Capitoline Museum, Rome</p>
-
-</div>
-
-<p>Rome became a great city with a population
-of about a million, who had gathered from all
-parts of the empire. Some had come as slaves,
-others to seek their fortunes, while others had
-been driven from the surrounding districts by the pinch of poverty. As
-freemen could find little work in the city, there grew up a great mob of
-idlers, who lived in large part on food doled out to them by the state as
-the price of their votes.</p>
-
-<p>The ruling class was represented by the Senate, which was the chief
-governing body. Generally the senators were the most cultured and
-intelligent people at Rome; but they had all the faults of a narrow
-plutocracy; through long enjoyment of wealth and power the class was
-thoroughly corrupted and enfeebled. Hence the Senate proved incapable
-of governing and protecting the empire and even of preventing
-the frequent outbreaks of
-anarchy in the capital.</p>
-
-<div class="figright" style="width: 300px;">
-
-<img src="images/illus16b.jpg" width="300" height="200" alt="" />
-
-<p class="caption">TEMPLE OF JUPITER&mdash;CAPITOLINE</p>
-
-<p class="caption">As it appeared in the time of Cæsar</p>
-
-</div>
-
-<h3><i>Early Life of Cæsar</i></h3>
-
-<p>Such in brief was the
-world in which Gaius Julius
-Cæsar lived (100-44
-B. C.) Belonging to the
-bluest-blooded aristocracy,
-he began life with
-all the advantages of
-wealth and family repute.
-As a boy and youth he
-enjoyed the best education
-of the time. It consisted
-mainly in the study and
-imitation of Greek writers, especially orators, in preparation for a
-career as public speaker and statesman. Rome had derived her civilization
-from Greece; and every business man or diplomatist had to speak
-the Greek language, which was the chief medium of communication
-throughout the Mediterranean world.</p>
-
-<p>In company with other young aristocrats Cæsar in early life indulged
-in all the dissipations and vices of his class. The foppish negligence of
-his attire proclaimed him a rake, while exorbitant luxuries, costly entertainments,
-forbidden love-intrigues, gambling&mdash;in brief, the indulging of
-a great variety of expensive tastes&mdash;exhausted his fortune and loaded
-him with debts so portentous that he could never hope to pay them by
-legal means. Through all these immoralities he kept a sound mind and
-a body capable of extreme activity and endurance, though in his later
-years he was subject to fainting and to epileptic fits.</p>
-
-<p>The clearness and quickness of his intelligence was such that he
-could carry on several
-lines of thought and
-keep a number of stenographers<a name="FNanchor_1" id="FNanchor_1"></a><a href="#Footnote_1" class="fnanchor">[1]</a>
-occupied
-simultaneously with
-his dictations. These
-extraordinary mental
-powers enabled him
-to master the most
-complex political situations
-and on the battlefield
-to turn many a
-defeat into victory.
-For the knowledge
-necessary to his manifold
-activities he devoured
-the contents of a multitude of books on a great variety of
-subjects. He was an orator of splendid power, a writer of clear and
-simple Latin, a man of scientific taste, interested in the customs and
-character of the peoples with whom he came in contact, and in the
-phenomena of nature; a general with few equals in the world’s history,
-and a statesman variously estimated by modern historians.</p>
-
-<div class="footnote">
-
-<p><a name="Footnote_1" id="Footnote_1"></a><a href="#FNanchor_1"><span class="label">[1]</span></a> In that age stenography was a well-developed art, essential to the work of a secretary.</p>
-
-</div>
-
-<div class="figcenter">
-
-<div class="figmulti" style="width: 400px;">
-
-<img src="images/illus17.jpg" width="400" height="259" alt="" />
-
-<p class="caption">THE ROMAN FORUM (restored), northwest side</p>
-
-</div>
-
-<div class="figmulti" style="width: 400px;">
-
-<img src="images/illus18a.jpg" width="400" height="295" alt="" />
-
-<p class="captionleft">From History of Rome, by G. W. Botsford, The Macmillan Co., Publishers</p>
-
-<p class="caption">A ROMAN FEAST</p>
-
-</div>
-
-</div>
-
-<p>At the beginning of his career he cast his lot with the popular party.
-This policy meant little more than a preference for dealing with the
-Assembly rather than with the Senate. In theory the Assembly comprised
-all the citizens; practically it was attended by the idler members of the
-populace. There was no democracy; for those citizens that lived too
-far from Rome to attend the Assembly had no voice in the government,
-and the vast majority of people in the empire were subjects. It was
-expected that a leader of the popular party should propose to the Assembly
-bills for the benefit
-of the masses of citizens,
-particularly of the populace,
-and for checking
-the powers and privileges
-of the aristocracy.</p>
-
-<p>Cæsar was by no
-means a believer in
-human equality. Speaking
-in early life at the
-funeral of an aunt, he
-gave the following account
-of his family’s genealogy:
-“My aunt Julia
-derived her lineage on
-her mother’s side from a
-race of kings, and on
-her father’s side from the immortal gods;
-for her mother’s family trace their origin to
-King Ancus Marcius, and her father’s to
-Venus, of whose stock we are a branch. We
-unite in our pedigree, accordingly, the sacred
-majesty of kings, who are the most exalted
-among men, and the divine majesty of gods,
-to whom kings themselves are subject.” Men
-of such pretensions could never descend to
-the level of peasants and artisans, nor believe
-that the world would benefit by popular rule.</p>
-
-<div class="figleft" style="width: 237px;">
-
-<img src="images/illus18b.jpg" width="237" height="300" alt="" />
-
-<p class="caption">POMPEY</p>
-
-<p class="caption">In the Palazzo Spada, Rome</p>
-
-</div>
-
-<h3><i>His Wars and His Consulship</i></h3>
-
-<p>Through an attractive personality, political
-intrigue sometimes verging dangerously on conspiracy,
-and the lavish use of borrowed money,
-Cæsar rapidly made his way upward through the higher offices in the
-routine order. In those times the surest avenue to political power was
-success in military command; and for the years 61-60 B. C. Cæsar was
-appointed governor of “Farther Spain.” On his arrival he found his province
-at peace; but he managed to stir up trouble with some neighboring
-tribes of mountaineers who were beyond the border of the empire. After
-imposing upon them orders that they could not obey, he made war upon
-them. They had little wealth to plunder, but he took captive great
-numbers, whom he sold into slavery. As governor he found other ways
-of making money, mostly illegal; so that he was able to reward his
-soldiers, pay his huge debts, and have something left for the future. In
-this policy he acted like former governors, but with greater cleverness.</p>
-
-<div class="figright" style="width: 175px;">
-
-<img src="images/illus19a.jpg" width="175" height="300" alt="" />
-
-<p class="caption">JULIUS CÆSAR</p>
-
-<p class="caption">In the National Museum, Naples</p>
-
-</div>
-
-<p>Returning to Rome, he gained the Consulship, which was the highest
-standing office (59 B. C.) There were two consuls; and his colleague
-was Bibulus, a stupid person, who chanced to be a political adversary.
-For the first time Cæsar was in a position to display his statesmanship.
-Two great problems were pressing, the economic improvement of the
-masses throughout the empire and their protection from the greedy
-oppression of Roman officials. Against the obstruction of his colleague
-Cæsar carried a law through the Assembly for the division of large tracts
-of public land among the needier citizens&mdash;a measure which brought him
-great popularity. Although it did nothing to benefit the subjects, it
-was a step in the right direction. Another law,
-worked out in great detail, aimed to prevent officers
-of the empire from committing extortion upon the
-subjects. Though doubtless well intended, this
-law proved ineffective because no one in power
-cared to enforce it. Most of his consular year,
-however, he devoted to winning influential friends
-and to securing for himself an opportunity for
-further military exploits after the expiration of
-his Consulship. The territory placed under his
-government for this purpose included especially
-Cisalpine Gaul&mdash;substantially the Po Basin&mdash;and
-Narbonensis, a strip of land extending along the
-southern coast of Gaul, now France.</p>
-
-<p>Disturbances beyond his borders gave him a
-pretext for war, which lasted eight years (58-50
-B. C.), and which resulted in the conquest of
-Gaul. In accomplishing this end Cæsar employed
-his most brilliant generalship,
-including lightning-like
-movements and
-daring strategy. When
-we consider that he had
-had little experience in
-warfare, we must regard
-his achievements as marvellous.
-The conquest
-was accompanied by
-great cruelty to the conquered.
-On one occasion
-more than fifty thousand
-captives were sold into
-slavery; on another he
-beheaded the senators of
-a conquered community
-and sold all the people as slaves. At another
-time he massacred an entire tribe, numbering
-more than four hundred thousand men,
-women, and children. The plunder, and
-especially the sale of captives, brought the
-victor enormous wealth, a part of which he
-devoted to buying supporters at Rome.
-After overawing Gaul with terrorism he
-adopted a policy of conciliation, by which
-he won the fidelity of the survivors. Although
-in entering upon the conquest Cæsar
-had merely his own aggrandizement in mind,
-he must in the end have come to an appreciation
-of the value of the new province to
-the empire. Even after the vast slaughter
-and enslavement of the bravest Gauls, the
-survivors were full of vitality. The country
-was rich in agricultural and mineral resources,
-and the Rhone River formed a convenient
-outlet for the country’s products in the direction of Rome. This acquisition
-added great strength to the empire, and prepared the ground for the
-extension of Roman civilization into western and central Europe. The
-conquest was, in fact, the greatest achievement of Cæsar’s genius.</p>
-
-<div class="figcenter">
-
-<div class="figmulti" style="width: 400px;">
-
-<img src="images/illus19b.jpg" width="400" height="300" alt="" />
-
-<p class="captionleft">From History of Rome, by G. W. Botsford, The Macmillan Co., Publishers</p>
-
-<p class="caption">WARFARE IN CÆSAR’S TIME</p>
-
-</div>
-
-<div class="figmulti" style="width: 211px;">
-
-<img src="images/illus20a.jpg" width="211" height="300" alt="" />
-
-<p class="caption">ROMAN LEGIONARY SOLDIER</p>
-
-<p class="caption">From Duruy’s “History of Rome”</p>
-
-</div>
-
-<div class="figmulti" style="width: 300px;">
-
-<img src="images/illus20b.jpg" width="300" height="274" alt="" />
-
-<p class="caption">GALLIC SOLDIER</p>
-
-</div>
-
-</div>
-
-<p>No sooner had he finished this work than he came to blows with
-the Senate, which feared his towering ambition. A civil war ensued
-(49-45 B. C.) The champion of the Senate was Pompey, who also
-had met with great success in war. Though in appearance the struggle
-was between Cæsar and the Republic, its real object was to determine
-which of the two leading generals should be master of the Roman
-world. Pompey was defeated and killed; and in the end Cæsar subdued
-the whole empire to his will. He ruled as Dictator, appointed to
-that office by the submissive Senate.</p>
-
-<h3><i>His Reforms as Dictator</i></h3>
-
-<div class="figleft" style="width: 300px;">
-
-<img src="images/illus21a.jpg" width="300" height="251" alt="" />
-
-<p class="caption">ROMAN WORKS OF APPROACH</p>
-
-<p class="caption">Showing parts of a Gallic wall in which stones are intermixed
-with beams</p>
-
-</div>
-
-<p>During the civil war and the year
-following its close Cæsar gave attention
-to internal reforms. Humanely and
-prudently he forgave political offenders,
-and associated with himself in the government
-many who had fought against
-him in the war. He sought to reconcile
-old hatreds and to introduce an era of
-good feeling. There can be no doubt of
-his sympathy with the subject peoples.
-Those in authority in the provinces were
-no longer to enrich themselves and their
-friends by oppression, but were held strictly accountable to the Dictator.
-Roman citizenship was a highly-prized possession, as it meant justice and
-an enviable social standing to the possessor. Cæsar granted it freely to
-individuals and to entire communities. Obviously, his aim was the rapid
-equalization of all freemen of the empire.</p>
-
-<p>He took especial interest in public improvements at Rome. Among
-these works was the completion of the temple to Jupiter, Juno, and
-Minerva on the Capitoline Hill. The earlier temple had been destroyed
-by fire, and the construction of the new building required about thirty-six
-years. This was the largest and most stately temple in the city.
-Cæsar laid out a public square, named after his family the Julian Forum,
-in which he erected a temple to Venus
-Genetrix (ancestress), from whom he
-claimed descent. In it he placed a
-graceful statue of the goddess, carved
-by Arcesilaus, the most famous sculptor
-of the age. It is a remarkable
-example of clinging transparent
-drapery. In this public exhibition
-of his descent from a goddess Cæsar
-boldly displayed his egotism, which
-was further exalted by decrees of the
-Senate proclaiming him a god. It
-was not till after his death, however,
-that a temple was actually erected,
-at the east end of the Roman Forum,
-for his worship.<a name="FNanchor_2" id="FNanchor_2"></a><a href="#Footnote_2" class="fnanchor">[2]</a> The Curia, Senate
-House, Cæsar began to rebuild, but
-its completion was left to Augustus, who named it the Curia Julia, after
-the Julian family, to which Cæsar, and by adoption Augustus, belonged. On
-the south side of the Forum he began the construction of the Basilica Julia,
-afterward finished by Augustus. It was a great hall intended for judicial
-and mercantile business. These
-are but a small part of the vast
-improvements that he planned
-for Rome, Italy, and the empire.
-The greater number remained
-mere schemes. To us the most interesting
-was the cutting of a canal
-through the Isthmus of Corinth,
-a work that has had to await the
-skill of the modern engineer.</p>
-
-<div class="footnote">
-
-<p><a name="Footnote_2" id="Footnote_2"></a><a href="#FNanchor_2"><span class="label">[2]</span></a> The temple of the deified Cæsar, the ruins of which
-is pictured in this number.</p>
-
-</div>
-
-<p>As supreme pontiff Cæsar was
-the head of the state religion and
-guardian of the sacred lore. In
-this capacity he reformed the calendar,
-which in his day had fallen into
-dire confusion. The improvement
-consisted essentially in the adoption
-of the Egyptian solar year of 365¼
-days. The Julian calendar remained
-in force throughout the civilized
-world till 1582, when it was superseded
-by that of Pope Gregory XIII,
-who introduced a more exact system.</p>
-
-<div class="figcenter">
-
-<div class="figmulti" style="width: 300px;">
-
-<img src="images/illus21b.jpg" width="300" height="196" alt="" />
-
-<p class="caption">ROMAN FASCES</p>
-
-<p class="caption">Bundle of rods and axe bound together and borne before
-emperors and other rulers as symbols of power</p>
-
-</div>
-
-<div class="figmulti" style="width: 300px;">
-
-<img src="images/illus22a.jpg" width="300" height="200" alt="" />
-
-<p class="caption">THE BASILICA JULIA&mdash;Roman Forum (restored)</p>
-
-</div>
-
-<div class="figmulti" style="width: 200px;">
-
-<img src="images/illus22b.jpg" width="200" height="200" alt="" />
-
-<p class="caption">A DENARIUS</p>
-
-<p class="caption">Stamped with the head
-of Cæsar. A denarius
-was a silver coin worth
-about 20 cents</p>
-
-</div>
-
-</div>
-
-<h3><i>Personal Appearance, Friends
-and Character</i></h3>
-
-<p>The Romans as a people belonged to the Mediterranean
-race, and the great majority, therefore, were short
-and dark, like the Sicilians of today. Cæsar, however,
-was tall and fair, with round, well-proportioned limbs
-and black piercing eyes. His portraits on coins and in
-sculpture show a spare face with a high, broad forehead
-inclined to baldness, representing a physique too delicate
-to sustain the enormous activities of his brain. To the
-end of his days he paid, perhaps, an excessive attention
-to his personal appearance, and was especially gratified
-when the Senate in his honor decreed him the privilege of wearing a laurel
-wreath; for he found it a means of covering his baldness. There was in
-his face and manner a frank sympathy that won the hearts of all those
-that came into close touch with him; and in spite of brutal conquests
-he developed an expression of gentleness and clemency mentioned by
-writers of his age.</p>
-
-<p>The greatest of his contemporaries was Cicero, who by sheer energy
-and ability had worked his way to the highest offices, and had rescued the
-state from a dangerous conspiracy. Though
-he was a consummate political orator, Cicero’s
-tastes lay chiefly in the direction of literary
-and philosophic composition, pleasant country
-life, and association with intellectual men.
-Cæsar tried to win him as a political ally;
-but Cicero and those intimate associates that
-loved the Republic feared Cæsar’s autocratic
-methods and ambition. This aloofness of
-the intellectual class drove Cæsar to seek
-friends and helpers in the lower ranks of society
-and among his subordinate military officers.
-Although a few of these people served him
-faithfully, the great majority were incompetent
-to fill the offices that he gave them, and
-were bent only on shirking duty and enriching
-themselves. On such a basis no man, however
-great, can build up a just and efficient system of
-government.</p>
-
-<div class="figcenter">
-
-<div class="figmulti" style="width: 256px;">
-
-<img src="images/illus22c.jpg" width="256" height="300" alt="" />
-
-<p class="caption">CICERO</p>
-
-<p class="caption">In the Vatican Museum, Rome</p>
-
-</div>
-
-<div class="figmulti" style="width: 173px;">
-
-<img src="images/illus23a.jpg" width="173" height="300" alt="" />
-
-<p class="caption">CICERO</p>
-
-<p class="caption">In the Madrid Museum. Considered
-the most authentic marble
-portrait of the great orator</p>
-
-</div>
-
-<div class="figmulti" style="width: 200px;">
-
-<img src="images/illus23b.jpg" width="200" height="300" alt="" />
-
-<p class="captionleft">From History of Rome, by G. W. Botsford, The
-Macmillan Co., Publishers</p>
-
-<p class="caption">POMPEY</p>
-
-</div>
-
-</div>
-
-<p>In spite of many admirable qualities Cæsar
-shared fully in the moral looseness of the age,
-which set at naught all marriage relations. Not
-even his friends at Rome, nor friendly kings
-who gave him their hospitality, could trust their
-wives to his honor. With Cleopatra, queen of
-Egypt, he had associated in her capital; but
-he shocked even his dissolute countrymen by
-bringing her to Rome and into his own house.</p>
-
-<h3><i>An Imitation of
-Alexander</i></h3>
-
-<div class="figleft" style="width: 300px;">
-
-<img src="images/illus23c.jpg" width="300" height="207" alt="" />
-
-<p class="caption">POMPEY’S THEATER (restored)</p>
-
-<p class="caption">First theater in Rome built of stone</p>
-
-</div>
-
-<p>That Cæsar desired
-absolute power, not
-merely for his own enjoyment
-but in the conviction that with it he
-could best serve the empire, can hardly be disputed;
-but whether or not he wished the kingly
-title no one can know. While he was in the
-Orient the glamor of Alexander’s achievements
-seems to have overcome him; and under this
-spell he neglected the work of improving the
-empire to plan the conquest of the great Parthian
-kingdom, Rome’s only surviving rival. In this
-scheme the conqueror got the better of the
-statesman. A motive to the new war, in itself
-unnecessary, was to escape
-from the situation at Rome&mdash;from
-flattery, intrigue, the incompetence
-of officials, from
-deadly though silent envy and
-hatred, which were making his
-life every day more unendurable.
-As the conqueror of Parthia
-he could overwhelm all
-opposition and mold the empire
-as clay in the potter’s
-hands. For the remainder of
-his days he could dwell serene
-on the pinnacle of glory; and
-at his death, having no son of
-his own, he could bequeath
-the regenerated world to his
-grandnephew Octavius, a
-youth of great promise whom
-he had adopted as a son.</p>
-
-<div class="figright" style="width: 300px;">
-
-<img src="images/illus24a.jpg" width="300" height="191" alt="" />
-
-<p class="caption">CLEOPATRA</p>
-
-<p class="caption">In the Vatican Museum, Rome</p>
-
-</div>
-
-<p>From all that we can learn,
-however, success in the Parthian
-war would have been a
-catastrophe to European civilization.
-In wealth and population,
-in the resources of war
-and peace, the Oriental part
-of the empire would have
-overbalanced the European.
-The capital would have shifted to Alexandria or farther east; and Oriental
-absolutism would have dominated the civilized world. Three centuries
-after Cæsar, autocracy was to come even to Europe. It came with its
-bureaucratic accompaniment to destroy the little that remained of economic
-strength and intellectual freedom, and to drag to ruin the decaying
-civilization of the ancient world.</p>
-
-<p>Cæsar, however, was not destined even to set out for Parthia. On
-March 15 (44 B. C.), the Senate met to take the last measures preparatory
-to his departure. The place of session was the Senate House which Pompey
-had built near his theater. Scarcely had Cæsar entered and taken
-his seat when a throng of about sixty senators gathered round him, pretending
-to greet him and to offer a petition. They were conspirators
-who had engaged in a plot for his assassination,
-through no especial love for the Republic,
-but for various personal reasons. Many
-had gained office and wealth under his
-patronage; but in their greed for greater
-wealth and political glory they lost all sense
-of gratitude. The best among them was
-Marcus Brutus, in his own social circle a
-philosopher and an idealist, but in business
-a hard, relentless usurer. Caius Cassius,
-the brain of the conspiracy, was a plunderer
-of the provinces and a robber of temples,
-whom envy drove into the plot. By such
-men was Cæsar slain. It was a crime
-perpetrated upon the civilized world, which
-had to endure thirteen more years of desolating
-civil war (44-31 B. C.), before Octavius,
-the young heir to Cæsar, could gain
-the mastery and bring the empire to peace.
-This young man, known to history as Augustus,
-though less brilliant than his granduncle, possessed
-a far greater degree of practical wisdom. It was
-he, rather than Cæsar, who gave the Roman world
-an organization under which it was to enjoy more
-than two centuries of prosperity and happiness.
-Viewed in this light, the wisest act of the great Cæsar
-was the choice of this youth of delicately modeled
-features and frail body as his son and successor.</p>
-
-<div class="figcenter">
-
-<div class="figmulti" style="width: 230px;">
-
-<img src="images/illus24b.jpg" width="230" height="300" alt="" />
-
-<p class="caption">OCTAVIUS</p>
-
-<p class="caption">Called “Augustus.” In the Vatican Museum,
-Rome</p>
-
-</div>
-
-<div class="figmulti" style="width: 188px;">
-
-<img src="images/illus25a.jpg" width="188" height="300" alt="" />
-
-<p class="caption">MARCUS BRUTUS</p>
-
-<p class="caption">In the National Museum, Naples.
-Found at Pompeii</p>
-
-</div>
-
-</div>
-
-<div class="figcenter" style="width: 250px;">
-<img src="images/stars.jpg" width="100" height="19" alt="(decorative)" />
-<img src="images/stars.jpg" width="100" height="19" alt="(decorative)" />
-</div>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">The Passing of Cæsar</span>&mdash;“On March 15 (the Ides of
-March), 44 B. C., Cæsar entered the Senate Chamber and
-took his seat. His presence awed men, in spite of themselves,
-and the conspirators had determined to act at once, lest they
-should lose courage to act at all. He was familiar and easy
-of access. They gathered round him. He knew them all.
-There was not one from whom he had not a right to expect
-some sort of gratitude, and the movement suggested no
-suspicion. One had a story to tell him; another some favor
-to ask. Tullius Cimber, whom he had just made governor of Bithynia, then came close to
-him with some request which he was unwilling to grant. Cimber caught his gown, as if in
-entreaty, and dragged it from his shoulders. Cassius, who was standing behind, stabbed
-him in the throat. He started up with a cry, and caught Cassius’s arm. Another
-poinard entered his breast, giving a mortal wound. He looked round, and seeing not one
-friendly face, but only a ring of daggers pointing at him, he drew his gown over his
-head, gathered the folds about him that he might fall decently, and sank down without
-uttering another word. Cicero was present. Brutus, waving his dagger, shouted to
-Cicero, congratulating him that liberty was restored. The Senate rose with shrieks
-and confusion, and rushed into the Forum. The crowd outside caught the words that
-Cæsar was dead and scattered to their houses. The murderers, some of them bleeding
-from wounds which they had given one another in their eagerness, followed, crying
-that the tyrant was dead, and that Rome was free.”&mdash;<i>James Anthony Froude.</i></p>
-
-<div class="figcenter" style="width: 500px;">
-
-<img src="images/illus25b.jpg" width="500" height="191" alt="" />
-
-<p class="caption">THE FALLEN CONQUEROR</p>
-
-<p class="caption">A reproduction of the pen drawing of the figure of Cæsar made by the painter Gérôme as a preliminary
-sketch for his great picture of the assassination of Cæsar</p>
-
-</div>
-
-<div class="smaller">
-
-<p class="noindent"><i>SUPPLEMENTARY READING</i>: JULIUS CÆSAR, by G. Ferrero; JULIUS CÆSAR, a sketch, by
-J. A. Froude; JULIUS CÆSAR, by W. W. Fowler (Heroes of the Nations Series); JULIUS CÆSAR,
-by J. Abbott; LIFE OF CÆSAR, in Plutarch’s Lives.</p>
-
-<p class="center">⁂ Information concerning these books may be had on application to the Editor of The Mentor.</p>
-
-</div>
-
-<hr />
-
-<div class="bordered">
-
-<h2 class="gesperrt"><i>THE CONQUERORS</i></h2>
-
-</div>
-
-<div class="figcenter" style="width: 400px;">
-
-<img src="images/illus26.jpg" width="400" height="261" alt="" />
-
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