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Julius Caesar: The Making of a Dictator
Fulvia Leads An Impromptu Funeral and the Senate Burns
Rome is in crisis – violent gangs rule the streets, and a senator called Clodius appears to be running the show. When his body is discovered, his wife Fulvia carries it to the Forum for an impromptu funeral. As the pyre burns, it sets the Senate house on fire – the most potent symbol of the Roman Republic is left in smouldering ruins.
