#this is also the one thing that cassius doesn't forgive brutus for because it's brutus who wanted antony left alive

[brother-emperors]

ANTONY cry 'havoc,' and let slip the dogs of war

earlier in my script (which is not Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar), Antony refers to Dolabella as one of his ‘dogs of war’ when talking to Cassius (which IS a reference to Shakespeare’s JC), and it comes back around after Cicero writes to Cassius and informs him of Trebonius’ fate

While these things were taking place at Rome, Cassius and Brutus were collecting troops and money, and Trebonius, governor of the province of Asia, was fortifying his towns for them. [...] Trebonius, who was captured in bed, told his captors to lead the way to Dolabella, saying that he was willing to follow them. One of the centurions answered him facetiously, "Go where you please, but you must leave your head behind here, for we are ordered to bring your head, not yourself." With these words the centurion immediately cut off his head, and early in the morning Dolabella ordered it to be displayed on the praetor's chair where Trebonius was accustomed to transact public business. Since Trebonius had participated in the murder of Caesar by detaining Antony in conversation at the door of the Senate-house while the others killed him, the soldiers and camp-followers fell upon the rest of his body with fury and treated it with every kind of indignity. They rolled his head from one to another in sport along the city pavements like a ball till it was completely crushed. This was the first of the murderers who received the meed of his crime, and thus vengeance overtook him.

App. Civil Wars III. 26

For Dolabella is in Syria, and, as you have foreseen in your prophetic soul and have foretold, Cassius will crush him while they are on their way. For Dolabella has had the gates of Antioch shut in his face and got a good beating in trying to storm it. Not trusting in any other city, he has betaken himself to Laodicea, on the sea-coast of Syria. There I hope he will speedily pay the penalty of his crime: for he has no place of refuge, nor will he much longer be able there to stand out against an army as large as that of Cassius. I even hope that Dolabella has by this time been overpowered and crushed.

Cic. Fam. 12.14

Place then before your eyes, O conscript fathers, that spectacle, miserable indeed, and tearful, but still indispensable to rouse your minds properly: the nocturnal attack upon the most beautiful city in Asia; the irruption of armed men into Trebonius’s house, when that unhappy man saw the swords of the robbers before he heard what was the matter; the entrance of Dolabella, raging,—his ill-omened voice, and infamous countenance,—the chains, the scourges, the rack, the armourer who was both torturer and executioner; all which they say that the unhappy Trebonius endured with great fortitude. A great praise, and in my opinion indeed the greatest of all, for it is the part of a wise man to resolve beforehand that whatever can happen to a brave man is to be endured with patience if it should happen.

Cicero, Philippic 11

Philippi and Perusia, Ronald Syme

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#the actual line cassius has here is 'tell mark antony im going to kill his fucking dog' but it doesn't work without the context #of antony earlier calling dolabella one of his dogs. so. i have edited it slightly to provide that context #this is also the one thing that cassius doesn't forgive brutus for because it's brutus who wanted antony left alive #and the dots are simply that if antony was dead then trebonius would not be #brutus can get away with everything else in the name of love. but not that one #(i'll do anything for love but i wont do that etc) #you might say. hey. it doesn't seem like you like brutcass very much. incorrect! i love it a lot! i just want to make them worse #also one of the most romantic scenes ive ever watched in my life in a show was a breakup scene and ive been chasing that high #ever since. but mostly i think theres a tragedy to brutus’ decision making and there should be narrative consequences #roman republic tag #komiks tag #drawing tag #gaius cassius longinus #marcus junius brutus #gore cw #In appian’s text. it’s pretty gnarly tbh

[sage-advice-wrapped-in-rice]

I'd like to take a moment to appreciate the true subtext of the Shakespeare adaptation of Julius Caesar. Cassius, a manipulative yet emotionally sensitive bitch, convinces Brutus, a man too trusting of anyone and everyone, that their leader Julius Caesar is a bad leader. Why does he think this? Caesar is a regular human instead of a god but he is still revered as a god. So Cassius gathers up Brutus and like sixty other people one being Casca who is, quite frankly, insane and also hates Caesar but for no apparent reason. So on the ides of March the collection of sixty people stab Caesar 23 times but Caesar only decides he's gonna die once Brutus stabs him because I guess there's no reason to live if Brutus doesn't love you? After that Mark Antony, Caesar's right hand man, pretty much starts a war with the armies of Brutus and Cassius the new sort of leaders of Rome but Brutus more than Cassius. Meanwhile Brutus and Cassius are fighting because Cassius is corrupt. Anyways Brutus yells at Cassius for accepting bribes and being greedy and Cassius damn near cries and does his manipulation thing to Brutus. He goes on about how Brutus doesn't love him and shouldn't throw his faults back in his face. Anyways Cassius throws a fit like a child and Brutus suddenly has a change of heart and forgives him and they love each other again. Then they go to battle against Mark Antony and they are fighting and Cassius sees Brutus surrounded by soldiers, assumes he is going to die, and kills himself because I guess you can't live without Brutus' love? Anyways, Brutus later finds Cassius and finally breaks his vow of stoicism and is sad about Cassius' death. Also it is very apparent that he is going to lose to Antony so he decides it is better to die than to go back to Rome a loser. He also decides that it is better to die by his own hand than by that if Mark Antony's so he kills himself. Then Mark Antony finds both of them dead and only decides to hold a funeral for Brutus as he deems him "the noblest Roman" and the story ends. In conclusion, Cassius and Brutus were in love.

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