Octavian, also known as Augustus would later adopt Tiberius, giving him the name Tiberius Julius Caesar, because he was the biological son of his wife Livia by previous marriage. Augustus grew very weak and ill at one point in his career. This scared the Roman public because Rome might turn back into a chaotic state if Augustus were to leave office, thus making Augustus’ succession a major issue. Tiberius and his brother Drusus were among people in the running for his succession. Tiberius, at the age of seventeen soon took on politics under his adopted father Augustus’ direction.
However, the more inquiry by the characters; the more negative the play becomes. The knowledge seeking begins before the play even starts. The former King and his Queen make a trip to an oracle, to make an inquiry about their future. What they find out is a very unfortunate truth. Their own son (who has not been born yet) will grow up, and he will kill his father (King Laois) and marry his mother (Queen Jocaste).
Legend of Romulus and Remus: Founders of Rome Romulus and Remus’ family were of royal descent. Their grandfather, Nimitor, was a king of Alba Longa a city of Latium in central Italy, or at least until his younger brother overthrew him. Amulius, the younger brother, inherited Alba Longa’s treasury and then was able to overthrow his elder brother and claim the throne as his. Rhea Silvia who was the daughter of Nimitor, was also the mother of Romulus and Remus. Amulius wanted to avoid conflict of power of any sort, and so he killed all his elder brother’s male heirs, Also to prevent from any more being born, he made Rhea Silvia become a Vestal Virgin.
Oedipus Rex heard from the oracle, when he was an adult that he was going to kill his father and sleep with his mother. Oedipus Rex runs away from Corinth and by coincidence he ends back in Thebes, where originally he is from. Now king and husband in his actual fathers place. Another example is, in this play, the crossroads represents fate and the extraordinary power of prophecy than freedom and choice. A crossroad is a place where a choice has to be made, so crossroads represents moments where decisions will have important consequences but where different choices are still possible.
At the end of the battle, Cleopatra and Antony killed themselves and Augustus seized control of Egypt. When he returned to Rome, he was hailed as a hero. He became first emperor of Rome at the age of 32. Soon after Rome suspected him of wanting to create a monarchy/dynasty and to avoid his uncle’s fate, he charmed the senate and people by pretending to give up the power. After a series of disasters, the Romans decided that only he could lead them and they appointed him absolute ruler.
She then had a child with Caesar, and hoped that he'd be next in line for the throne. Her brother said no, so she murdered him. Caesar was then murdered by his friends. She then became Marc Anthony's girlfriend. Cleopatra then tried
When Creon learns that Antigone has buried her brother, he becomes furious and sentences Antigone to death despite his son’s and Antigone’s fiancé pleading, as well as a warning from the prophet. But as the prophet for-told, the gods are on Antigone’s side and for Creon’s crime he loses his only son, Haemon and his wife. The begging of the play, Antigone has her sister, Isemen outside the city gates. Antigone is trying to get Ismene to help her bury their brother, Polyncies. But Ismene refuses to help her sister, fearing the death penalty installed by Creon.
It was mentioned that Alexander and his mother was behind the plot to have King Philip killed since they had the most to gain. In the end those rumors faded away because Alexander was the only male heir that King Philip produced. Less than two years later, Alexander departed on his first adventure to Asia. This was a trying time for his mother because they have never been apart. At this time Alexander had to begin to prove himself that he could rule his people (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_the_Great).
For her father that man had been Pompey. During the Roman civil war it was clear to her brother that Pompey was no longer the man to back and had him beheaded. Cleopatra was twenty-one and also in the same danger as Pompey. At the time of Pompey’s arrival, Cleopatra was in exile, fleeing for her life from her brother. As was tradition, Cleopatra and her brother were meant to rule jointly as
He had forced her from the car”(97). His father’s abandonment of his mother when Mr. Harvey was at such a young