Simon Escobar’s Reviews > A Fatal Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum: Murder in Ancient Rome > Status Update

Really liking it so far, just reached ch 7. A whole lot of names makes it hard to keep tracking of what going on sometimes, really need to take notes. So far ch 5 murder in the slave state has been my favorite a very interesting look in how they viewed killing of slaves, murder by magic ch 6 was also kind of funny in what they viewed as magic and how it was interchangeable with poison or medicine.

Just finished the first chapter, which ended on Julius Caesar’s murder. It was entertaining, a nice little overview of how his fellow senators viewed him and how they gave him to much power, to inevitably lead to need to kill him. Also completed chapter 2 which mostly focused on various laws that were placed and in use but didn’t necessarily cover murder specifically in how we view it today, more on property.

So far, interesting. Learned of the difference between homicide and murder (as well as its variants). Learned of two great (for the plebs or poor people) or not so great men that were politically involved and were murdered for trying to go against the rich (), Tiberius Gracchus and Publius Claudius Pulcher. Also learned the Ides of March was March 15.