Some pics from an outdoor theatre at the Basilica of Massenzio in downtown Rome. The play, 90 minutes long and free, was a hypothetical court hearing on whether Julius Caesar was or wasn’t guilty. There were two “lawyers”, one for the accused and one for the defence (the crowd voted not guilty). It couldn’t get any better because the Basilica overlooks the Roman Forum and where Caesar worked at the central government. On March 15th, 44 BC, he took a short walk from his “office” to Largo Argentina, about 1 km away, where he was knifed to death by conspirators. His assassins later all died, but not of natural causes. The next play is a court hearing against Nero, in the same location (all pics by M. Rimati).
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Guilty of what and what was the outcome?
DW
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