On the Ides of March in 44 BC, Roman Emperor Julius Caesar was stabbed to death by a group of prominent politicians led by Marcus Brutus. Caesar's sudden death created a power vacuum that gave rise to two factions, one led by Brutus and Cassius and the other by Antony and the future triumvirs. Shortly after Caesar's death, Antony spoke at his funeral and took the opportunity to turn the Roman people away from Brutus and back into believing in Caesar and, consequently, the Second Triumvirate. By combining subtle use of questions and interjections to keep the audience engaged, a variety of rhetorical devices that ennoble Caesar and himself, and effective use of all three modes of persuasion, Antony is able to convert the audience to his cause by destroying the public at the same time. credibility of the conspirators.Although Mark Antony's speech is a eulogy of Caesar, it gradually develops the forceful tone of an epideictic (speech of praise and blame), indicating an ulterior motive. He draws his audience in with a solemn introduction that is meant to put off any bad feelings the Romans have towards him, and then begins to exemplify Caesar's good character. However, his tone soon becomes more passionate and he begins to use interjections to excite listeners. Shouting “O judgment!” while questioning the Roman's loyalty, Antony uses ecphonesis to force a reaction: hopefully he will support Caesar. Antony deploys them strategically throughout the speech to ensure their enthusiastic spirit but hide their zeal from the audience. In particular, he exclaims “what a fall that was, my countrymen!” to underline the extent of Caesar's death and in the last line he shouts to them “here is a Caesar!...... middle of the sheet ...... losing his speech, where Antony outlines Caesar's generous will towards Rome . It's an appeal to the greedy side of the audience, who wants to get something out of his death. While it helps to dissuade anyone else from supporting Brutus, it also serves to further persuade listeners that Caesar was a good man who did not deserve his fate. Having had the opportunity to speak from Brutus, Mark Antony took full advantage of it and succeeded in achieving his goal of exalting Caesar and distancing his listeners from Brutus. His energetic questions and exclamations allowed him to have an attentive audience, while Antony's manipulation of rhetorical devices and all-round persuasion brought the audience to his side. If he had not been able to lead them away from Brutus and the conspirators, Rome might have gone back to being a republic and would never have reached its potential.