Madeline Parkes

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Caesar shouting at Tribunes, however, looked bad. And then he really went too far. He stripped them of their Tribuneship and their powers and barred them from the Senate House. This was tyranny. This was Caesar showing off his power over the government of Rome and his disdain for the constitutional norms of the Senate. He could strip even the most sacred and powerful of the magistrates of their office and have them thrown out.
A Fatal Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum: Murder in Ancient Rome
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