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People still lay flowers here, the very spot in the Roman Forum where Caesar was cremated. I can almost hear Mark Antony giving his speech. The video below below picks up after "noble" Brutus had previously explained to the mob how he and others had murdered Caesar because he was “ambitious” and was about to make himself a king or emperor; Brutus argued that Caesar was a tyrant who would bring an end of the beloved Roman Republic and replace it with a dictatorship. The mob believed Brutus and Caesar is about to be buried as a traitor. What could General Mark Antony say in this moment of history to turn the crowd and result in today’s flowers on Caesars’ grave? Play the video and listen, and although this is Shakespeare’s interpretation, historically these words are very close to what Mark Antony actually said on that fateful day close to the very spot shown in this photo. Amazing!