Monday, March 21, 2011

Daily #28

Write a skit/Pixton/xtranormal (your choice) detailing major events in the life of Julius Caesar.

Characters:
Caesar
Interviewer

Interviewer:  Hello everyone and welcome to todays episode of Interview with a Famous Person!  Today we have Julius Caesar with us.  So Caesar, tell us a little bit about your childhood.

Caesar:  Well, I was born on July 13, 100 BC.  I was born into a Patrician family, my dad governed the province of Asia.  My mother came from an influential family.  My house wasn't great to live in because my dad was always worried about Roman politics.  Suddenly in 85BC when I was 16, he died.  This put me at the head of the family.

Interviewer:  That must have been hard for you.  What did you do after that?

Caesar: The year after that, I was nominated to be high priest of Jupiter.  I married Lucius Cinna's daughter Cornelia.  After that, I was stripped of my inheritance and my priesthood.  Even though that happened, I refused to divorce Cornelia and had to go into hiding.

Interviewer: O my gosh!  Did you ever go out of hiding?

Caesar: Well, before I could I went out of Rome and joined the army.  I am almost thankful for having to go into hiding, otherwise I never would have joined the army.  A little while after being in the army, in 78BC, I decided it would be safe to return to Rome.  Shortly after that I was kidnapped by pirates.

Interviewer:  No way!  What did you do?

Caesar: I just acted superior to them.  I wasn't captive long before my ransom was paid and I made a fleet, went after the pirates, imprisoned them, then had them killed.  I told them I would kill them once I was free, but they didn’t believe me.  Look who got the last laugh.

Interviewer:  Wow, you lead a fascinating life.  Did you rejoin the army?

Caesar: Actually yes, I was elected military tribune.  Then shortly after that I was elected quaestor in 69BC.  That is the year my wife died.  After her funeral, I went to serve my quaestorship in Spain.  When I returned, I married Pompeia, but I ended up divorcing her a few years later.  Then in 63 BC I became chief priest of the Roman state religion.  I was then appointed to govern Spain, but I was in debt so I had to pay it before I left.  I turned to the wealthiest man in Rome, Marcus Crassus for help.  He paid most of my debt, and we became close friends.  In 59BC, I was elected a consul.  I remarried to a woman named Calpurnia, and I married off my daughter Julia to Pompey so I would have an alliance with him.

Interviewer: Well you certainly stayed busy didn't you?  How did your alliances go?

Caesar: My alliance formed into one alliance, and we called ourselves the First Triumvirate.  Then I was appointed to govern part of Gaul.  I worked my way north with my army conquering much land and becoming very successful.  While I was in Britain,  my daughter Julia died in childbirth.  Pompey then became angry with me, and I started a civil war.

Interviewer:  So, did you win?

Caesar:  Duh I did!  I followed Pompey down into Egypt, and Pompey was murdered there.  While I was in Egypt, I met Cleopatra, and I had an affair with her for around fourteen years.  Many people think that I had a son with her named Caesarian.  I then worked my way east and was appointed dictator for quite a while.

Interviewer: Well, that's all the time we have!  Thank you so much for your time Caesar!

Caesar:  Anytime, anytime.

Interviewer:  Until next time everyone.

2 comments:

  1. This is a very interesting post, but you should have put more information about after he died.

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  2. This is a creative skit! It explains some major events in Caesar's life. It is creative and well thought out. You could add some more events from Caesar's life. This website could be very helpful.
    http://www.vroma.org/~bmcmanus/caesar.html
    The dates with the facts are helpful!

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