Name: Botond Diosy

Block: A

“In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies but the silence of our friends.”

Martin Luther King Jr.

Write a short journal entry in which you tell me about a time when you experienced the “Danger of Silence”.

Brutus, Longinus, and the senate should have talked to Julius Caesar about the feeling of oppression he caused to the citizens of Rome. Instead, they grew impatient and they did not want Caesar to rule anymore; therefore, they cornered him and stabbed him to death outside Theater of Pompey.

Julius Caesar’s early death could have been avoided if the senate would have reasoned with him. But, instead, they kept silent and killed him because it felt like an easier alternative than convincing him of adopting their mindset.

His death played a key part in the demise of the Roman Republic and the rise of the Roman Empire.

Rest in Peace Julius Gaius Caesar [13 July 100 BC – 15 March 44 BC]