How to properly honor Rome's heroes

Although Gaius Julius Caesar’s body was not exactly flushed down the Tiber River as it should have been, I am now able to sleep with ease knowing that Rome’s citizens will not have to endure a public funeral of their tyrant leader. Lepidus has privately stored the body where it can no longer do harm to this great nation: underground. With the issue of his body having been dealt with, we must now devote our attention to the next important matter: how to properly praise Marcus Junius Brutus and the liberators of Rome.

Senator Quintus Pedius suggests that the saviors of Rome’s democracy should build a great monument to Caesar “in remembrance of the great deeds he performed for the glory of his country.” Preposterous! Must I remind you, once again, that Caesar marched on Rome with his own legion? The deeds he performed which you claim were “great,” he performed them for the glory of himself, not his country. Rather that put Rome to shame by erecting a statue of Caesar, I propose that re-unite Rome by erecting a statue of liberty, a statue of freedom: a statue of Brutus. A statue of our oppressive former leader, I guarantee you, will not stand for long without being vandalized and spit upon. As Caesar learned himself, Rome will not tolerate tyranny. There are a countless number of citizens and of you senators who desired to ridden Rome of its misery by assassinating Caesar, but you hesitated. ‘What about my quest for consulship?’ ‘What about the debt I owe?’ These cowardly questions did not taint Brutus’ courage and patriotism. He could no longer stand the constant humiliation Caesar made of this noble country. Brutus and his fellow saviors should be honored and praised. How dare you denounce these men who fought against their personal relationships and friendships with Caesar for the sake of the Senatus Populum Que Romanus. These liberators have fought for Rome and fought well. Gaius Trebonius commanded the forces at our victory in Massilia, yet must have spit at disgust when Caesar praised him for his services. Fighting alongside Trebonius at Massilia was Servilius Casca, who demonstrated his will to do anything in his power to save our glorious country; even if it meant ending the life of his close personal friend, Caesar. What does it say about a man when he is murdered gruesomely by his cousin (Decimus Brutus) and his close personal friends (Servilius Casca and Brutus)? This “father of Rome” is so oppressive that his own family and friends could not stand to see him ruin their country. They could not stand to see him ruin our country. One could argue that Brutus conspired against Caesar for personal gains. How can this be so, when Brutus, along with Decimus Brutus, was mentioned in Caesar’s will and would have become consul under Caesar regardless?

I ask you, not as senators or men of high prestige, but as fellow Roman citizens. Do you not see that there is a reason that Caesar was buried privately and secretly? I am not satisfied with this action, as I know of no other criminal who received the honor of peaceful burial. But once again, I motion that our heroes be rewarded in the following way: we shall have statues constructed of them in our Forum, serving as a constant reminder of the reason we are still the greatest city in the world.