Places where Caesar was assassinated. - by 'Teaching Latin as a Liberal Art' - The Origins of the Liberal Arts in Ancient Rome.
この写真は、紀元前44年3月15日、恐怖におののく目撃者を前に、暗殺者たちがユリウス・シーザー(カエサル)に襲いかかる場面です。ヴィンチェンツォ・カムッチーニによる1805年頃の作品。イタリア、ナポリのカポディモンテ美術館所蔵。（SCALA, FLORENCE. COURTESY OF THE MINISTERO BENI E ATT. CULURALI E DEL TURISMO）（English) This photograph shows assassins attacking Julius Caesar on 15 March 44 BC in front of terrified witnesses. Work by Vincenzo Camuccini, circa 1805. Collection of the Capodimonte Museum, Naples, Italy. (SCALA, FLORENCE. COURTESY OF THE MINISTERO BENI E ATT. CULURALI E DEL TURISMO)
Places where Caesar was assassinated.
- by 'Teaching Latin as a Liberal Art' - The Origins of the Liberal Arts in Ancient Rome.
A)
1)
In 1927, when they started to remove buildings in "Largo Torre Argentina," one of the Roman ruins, for the opening of a road, something was discovered under the earth.
When scholars examined it, they found the remains of four temples, which they identified as the republican sanctuary (Area Sacra).
This means that Gaius Iulius Caesar (100 B.C. - 44 B.C.) was assassinated in March 44 B.C. by a conspiracy of Brutus, Cassius and others who called for the overthrow of the dictatorship. This is the discovery of the century.
2)
According to one theory, when Caesar was assassinated, he was told.
"Caesar, Caesar! Caesar eam videt! Caesar, cape eam!"
= Caesar, Caesar! There's Caesar! Caesar, seize him!
"Et tu, Brute?"
= Brutus, you too?
3)
The life of the Roman emperor Caesar still influences many works of art, including plays.
Caesar established a new state mint, set the value of gold and silver at 1:12 and left the minting of coins to the Senate.
However, people who were not happy with Caesar as a dictator for life turned against him, and he died an untimely death as a result.
The end of his life, which seemed to be smooth sailing, ended in tragedy when he was killed by his confidant Brutus.
4)
"Tantum videmus quanturm scimus."
= I only see those which I know.
The city was planned for the 1920s, but public opinion was not silent on the discovery of valuable archaeological sites.
Further excavations were to be carried out, and Mussolini's 'plan to build a road from St Peter's Square to the Colosseum' fizzled out.
5)
If you don't know anything about Rome, you don't see anything at all, even though Rome is the very site of a long history.
If we do not know where Caesar died, in a distant foreign land, far away in the distant past, it does not cause any problems.
On the other hand, what thoughts did the brainy Mussolini have?
6)
He might have felt nothing when he found out what happened in this place, or, on the contrary, he might have been heartbroken and saddened.
Or he might have said, "I am not like Caesar. I would never be killed", and passed it by as if it were someone else's problem.
7)
The important thing is that the more knowledge you have, the more resolution you have to look at the world, and the better you can see something.
And those who can objectify themselves can also go beyond simply knowing and seeing and become enlightened.
If a dictator who visited Piazza" Largo Torre Argentina" had been able to do that, he might have had a completely different life transition.
8)
Each person has life-shaking moments of momentum (moments of being a significant force).
The forces that change you and make you grow come from many different sources.
For example, it could be from a book, a picture or a piece of music.
9)
It could be from a place that stays deep in your heart, such as this time.
Or after meeting that person, hearing that book, picture or music, we realise something new and open up a wider world.
10)
Such an opportunity may not come quickly.
'You can only see things as you know them' means that you should always be intelligent.
11)
It's about looking at yourself objectively and, at the same time, having the tolerance to accept outside information.
Then everything you see and hear will profoundly affect you.
You will find moments of inspiration in the people you meet, in the breeze and the buds of flowers.
12)
I have a question for you.
Have you encountered something that has stirred your soul?
If so, what is it?
What realisations have you had through it?
If you can't think of anything, please take a moment to reflect.
You may just not have even tried to know.
Reenactment: the assassination of Caesar, a day that changed history.
B)
1)
Even though everyone talks about 'Humanities fever', at universities where they research and educate humanities, humanities studies gradually disappear or change their name. In our generation, where something that has no use at present loses its chance to be used forever, what is the use of learning Latin? But surprisingly, hundreds of students and auditors attend a university's Latin class open as an elective course. Should it be called a 'Latin fever'? It makes us curious about how and what they teach that made this happen.
2)
The book that we introduce today, 'Latin Class' gives us the answer to this question. The author of the book is lawyer HAN Dong-il. Ironically, his career is not a writer but a lawyer, but a lawyer with a unique background. He was appointed as a Vatican Supreme Court attorney's lawyer as the first Korean and the first East Asian. He begins his lecture by warning students that Latin is a language that is no longer used and is difficult to learn. But in his lesson, instead of grammar or vocabulary, he brings up smatters of knowledge and life related to the European cultures that connect with the Latin language. Then he heats the topic of the class with an answer to the question, 'what do we live for'.
3)
The book "Latin Class" is composed of the lectures that HAN Dong-il, a lawyer and a catholic priest, gave from 2010 to 2016 at Sogang University. His studies became famous not only among Sogang University students but also among the neighbouring universities, including Ehwa University and the public. The class was not only a language course, but it was nearly a general humanities class that included the system of Latin language, European languages derived from Latin, Roman culture, social strategy, law, religions, and Italy today.
4)
Matters of life and death, self-esteem, relationship and attitude are topics we should consider once in life. This is the reason why so many people came to attend his lectures. For this reason, 'Latin Class' is also an elegant answer to the question 'What do we live for'. The story of the Greek-Roman period that the author tells us does not just remain in the past but is also in touch with the present that we live in today.
5)
'Iuvenis', which means youth in Latin, refers to people between the age of 20 and 25. The reason why the range of age defined for children was so long in Roman law was to supply soldiers to the army sufficiently. The author says that today, this plays a positive role in relieving pressure about age to Europeans. When the author studied in Rome, his Italian friends told a 70-year-old man that he was still young. The author points out that we should also reflect on our attitudes and thoughts about age.
6)
"When I was in despair, thinking that my life was pathetic, this class gave me a goal and passion. So, I could pass a long tunnel and move forward." Young people who attended his lectures said they learned the root, the foundation of life, instead of the flower in life. 'Latin Class' by lawyer HAN strengthens the foundation of life beyond knowledge; it is a book that one may want to check out after a long summer, as a new semester is about to start.
"Latin Class" written by HAN Dong-il
https://voko.ca/2017/08/26/books_20170822/
Reenactment: the assassination of Caesar, a day that changed history.
https://natgeo.nikkeibp.co.jp/atcl/photo/stories/22/041300024/
Caesar's (Gaius Julius Caesar) assassination site & birthplace of ancient Roman theatre
https://www.gadgetwear.net/2014/08/gaius-julius-caesar.html
Julius Caesar - John Gielgud - Charlton Heston - Shakespeare - 1970 - Remastered - 4K
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qjG_Huf7tZw