Greetings, dear cousin! Long has it been since your face has appeared before me. Alas, my news is not jubilant, but grave. The great Caesar, ruler of our beloved land, has been cruelly murdered by those unexpected. Marcus Brutus, our beloved ruler's best lover, has slain great Caesar with the help of other conspirators. His statement was one of absurdness. He slain him, he claims, for the ambition of Caesar. Brutus' speech was well-spoken and beautiful, and we nearly ignored humble Mark Antony and his own speech.
Mark Antony spoke of how the slaying of Caesar seemed a harsh price to pay for ambition. We grew weary of Brutus' claims of how he slew Caesar because of his ambition and that it was the right thing to do for the people of our land.
Brutus was wrong to slay Caesar, as Caesar was our ruler and did nothing to deserve such a harsh fate. Caesar even left every Roman more than fifty drachmas and multiple plots of land.
So I implore you, Maximus, believe what Mark Antony tells us and help your fellow lovers to track down and slay Caesar's murderers. They are villains, and the lives of those men must be brought to an end.
I will write you again when I obtain more information of the going ons of our people.
Your cousin,
Commodus
Really sounds like you are cousins with him. The updates on Caesar and Brutus' speech are a great way to connect with your "cousin"!
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