Marcelo Bossle
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Temple of Divus Julius
2020 Jan 03
42 BC - According to (Apian), Caesar's body was transported in an ivory litter and placed in (Rostra) in a golden sanctuary based on the Temple of Venus Generatrix, the goddess from whom the Julius family claimed to descend. Mark Antony delivered his famous speech and Caesar's will was read to the public as a mechanical mechanism, positioned above the site, showed a wax image of Caesar, rotating it so that everyone could clearly see the 23 wounds he suffered from. all over body and face. Spurred on by speech, will, and wax image, the crowd tried to take the body to the Capitoline to be buried among the Roman gods.
After a violent discussion about the funeral pyre and the fate of Caesar's ashes, the Roman people, Caesar's allies, and his family decided to build the pyre right there.
After a violent discussion about the funeral pyre and the fate of Caesar's ashes, the Roman people, Caesar's allies, and his family decided to build the pyre right there.