For my Roman Culture example I chose this meme. It refers to the assassination of Julius Caesar in Rome during March 15, 44 BC. The person who made this took that information and put it in the format of a funny-friendly meme. The history behind this meme is from March 15, 44 BC, when Caesar was killed in by the Senate in the Senate House of Rome. Here is a quote that further describes the way he died:
That was the moment for the men to set to work. All quickly unsheathed their daggers and rushed at him. First Servilius Casca struck him with the point of the blade on the left shoulder a little above the collar-bone. He had been aiming for that, but in the excitement he missed. Caesar rose to defend himself, and in the uproar Casca shouted out in Greek to his brother. The latter heard him and drove his sword into the ribs. After a moment, Cassius made a slash at his face, and Decimus Brutus pierced him in the side. While Cassius Longinus was trying to give him another blow he missed and struck Marcus Brutus on the hand. Minucius also hit out at Caesar and hit Rubrius in the thigh. They were just like men doing battle against him.
Under the mass of wounds, he fell at the foot of Pompey's statue. Everyone wanted to seem to have had some part in the murder, and there was not one of them who failed to strike his body as it lay there, until, wounded thirty-five times, he breathed his last. "
That was the moment for the men to set to work. All quickly unsheathed their daggers and rushed at him. First Servilius Casca struck him with the point of the blade on the left shoulder a little above the collar-bone. He had been aiming for that, but in the excitement he missed. Caesar rose to defend himself, and in the uproar Casca shouted out in Greek to his brother. The latter heard him and drove his sword into the ribs. After a moment, Cassius made a slash at his face, and Decimus Brutus pierced him in the side. While Cassius Longinus was trying to give him another blow he missed and struck Marcus Brutus on the hand. Minucius also hit out at Caesar and hit Rubrius in the thigh. They were just like men doing battle against him.
Under the mass of wounds, he fell at the foot of Pompey's statue. Everyone wanted to seem to have had some part in the murder, and there was not one of them who failed to strike his body as it lay there, until, wounded thirty-five times, he breathed his last. "
The meme I chose refers to this event by sticking several knives into a cabbage with the caption "First known attempt at making a Caesar salad, circa (Around) 12 AD. The cabbage represents Julius Caesar and the salad named "Caesar Salad" with the knives stuck in it, which resembles the daggers, swords, and more, which they used to kill him.
I think that this meme has a bit of irony in it that only people who know the story of Julius Caesar would know. It makes sense as it refers to the story of his assassination. It transfers history into the form of a meme which makes it both informing and humorous. It's very effective as the first time I saw it I laughed at it and later saved it.
Jonas Pearson A-2
Source for Quote: http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/caesar2.htm
The picture of the meme was found on a social-media type app with no known source.
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