Let's Kill Caesar: The Conspiracy to Save the Republic
Crisis Committee | Chair: Milan Subotic
The year is 44 BCE and the screams of dying legionaries still haunt the recent memory of the denizens of Rome. Julius Caesar has emerged from the fray as the undisputed victor of the civil war. The senate may still convene and deliberate but there is no question who actually commands the power. The charismatic Caesar has, as of yet, rebuffed early suggestions he be crowned a king. Is he defending the Republic or merely testing the waters to gauge if public sentiment supports his anointing? His recent appointment as dictator for life, and his inclusion of his own statue among the procession of the gods, hint at a dangerous, unsated ambition.
“Death to tyrants” is a core tenet of Roman belief and one that appears to hold particular sway in the capital itself. In the cover of secrecy, a group of conspirators plot their next move. The cabal is an unlikely group of rivals and factions brought together through necessity. Should Julius Caesar be assassinated? How should the deed be accomplished? Should his reforms be revoked and erased or left to stand? What will be the power structure of a post-Caesar Rome? As knives are sharpened, allegiances formed, and oaths sworn, one question looms above them all. Is this the end of the Republic or the final gamble for its survival?
“Death to tyrants” is a core tenet of Roman belief and one that appears to hold particular sway in the capital itself. In the cover of secrecy, a group of conspirators plot their next move. The cabal is an unlikely group of rivals and factions brought together through necessity. Should Julius Caesar be assassinated? How should the deed be accomplished? Should his reforms be revoked and erased or left to stand? What will be the power structure of a post-Caesar Rome? As knives are sharpened, allegiances formed, and oaths sworn, one question looms above them all. Is this the end of the Republic or the final gamble for its survival?