Richard
Corlett
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1/27/12
Assignment
3: Plot
In 44BCE Rome, Austinio
is a slave for the senator Brutus working as a head chef. Little does Brutus
know, Austinio is part of an elite group of soldiers posing as slaves hired by
Julius Caesar. Caesar, in paranoia, distributed them to the houses of the
senators in 45 BCE so that he could keep watch over them. During the time that
Austinio is “employed” by Brutus, he begins a relationship with another of
Brutus’s slaves, Accalia, and falls in love. Accalia works as both a seamstress
and a helper in the kitchen with Austinio.
Over time, Austinio
becomes aware of Brutus’s unhappiness with Caesars dictatorship. After watching
and listening carefully, he builds a case against Brutus and other senators
which were collaborating against Caesar. He had mentioned to Caesar that Brutus
may be a threat, but had not yet presented him with the evidence.
Austinio had worked
loyally for Caesar for over a year, but one day, while Austinio is out getting
meat and seasonings for Brutus’s dinner that night, Caesar deployed his private
troops to Brutus’s house on Palatine Hill in attempt to intimidate him. During
this gesture, Accalia is severely hurt from a sword wound.
Austinio returns to
Palatine Hill only to find a dying Accalia. A short while later Accalia is
dead. Austinio is enraged and tells Brutus the truth about Caesar’s spying.
Austinio plans to kill Caesar himself but Brutus convinces him that Caesar must
be killed in public way, for the good of the future of Rome. Brutus asks
Austinio to help in the assassination which he believes will quickly gain
support with other senators.
In 44BCE Julius Caesar
was assassinated on the lower steps
of the portico.
