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orichalcum at 01:26pm on 05/03/2007 under rome teaching
orichalcum at 01:26pm on 05/03/2007 under rome teachingFrom TWOP's recap of _Rome_ by M. Giant, appositely: "Oh, who hasn't saved the Republic several times on this show by now? Everyone talks about how great the Republic is, but with all the saving it's constantly in need of, I'm starting to see the "Republic" as this helpless, dizzy chick that's always getting tied to train tracks and menaced by cougars. Shut up, "Republic.""
So, last Thursday was the day after the Ides of March and Caesar's assassination. First, the Senate debated whether or not to give Caesar a public funeral. The newly formed Republican faction are a bunch of very nice students, and they wanted to compromise. They offered to let Caesar have a publicly attended funeral, as long as it was paid for by his family, not the state. The Caesarians, who are more, um, assertive personalities, were having none of this. By a narrow margin, they succeeded in getting Caesar both a state-sponsored funeral (during which Cinna the poet was massacred by the mob) and two weeks of free funeral games, and a play commemorating his memory.
Then we moved on to the question of what should happen to Caesar's assassins. The Republicans believed they were again offering a compromise by suggesting that the assassins all resign from the Senate and from their public offices. The Caesarians suggested death for all of them, and then compromised on death for Brutus, Cassius, and Casca and resignation for the rest. After much debate, a vote was held, resulting in a tie. I rolled a die to determine what "unaligned Senators" had voted, and Brutus was spared execution, though forced to resign.
Tomorrow is the last session, and will help determine the fate of the Republic. One major question I have is how to deal with the continued regular losses of the Republicans. They more frequently have a member missing, which hurts them, and to be fair, I should take away Brutus' vote. However, this may make them frustrated as it gives them even less chance of winning any votes. I don't know how best to be fair.
So, last Thursday was the day after the Ides of March and Caesar's assassination. First, the Senate debated whether or not to give Caesar a public funeral. The newly formed Republican faction are a bunch of very nice students, and they wanted to compromise. They offered to let Caesar have a publicly attended funeral, as long as it was paid for by his family, not the state. The Caesarians, who are more, um, assertive personalities, were having none of this. By a narrow margin, they succeeded in getting Caesar both a state-sponsored funeral (during which Cinna the poet was massacred by the mob) and two weeks of free funeral games, and a play commemorating his memory.
Then we moved on to the question of what should happen to Caesar's assassins. The Republicans believed they were again offering a compromise by suggesting that the assassins all resign from the Senate and from their public offices. The Caesarians suggested death for all of them, and then compromised on death for Brutus, Cassius, and Casca and resignation for the rest. After much debate, a vote was held, resulting in a tie. I rolled a die to determine what "unaligned Senators" had voted, and Brutus was spared execution, though forced to resign.
Tomorrow is the last session, and will help determine the fate of the Republic. One major question I have is how to deal with the continued regular losses of the Republicans. They more frequently have a member missing, which hurts them, and to be fair, I should take away Brutus' vote. However, this may make them frustrated as it gives them even less chance of winning any votes. I don't know how best to be fair.
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