At rome, moreover, caesar won a great and brilliant popularity by his eloquence as an advocate, and much good will from the common people for the friendliness of his manners . . he had also a large and gradually increasing political influence in consequence of his lavish hospitality and the general splendour of his mode of life. at first his enemies thought this influence would quickly vanish . . [t]he man who is thought to have been the first to see beneath the surface of caesar’s public policy and to fear it, . . and who comprehended the powerful character hidden beneath his kindly and cheerful exterior, namely cicero, said that in most of caesar’s political plans and projects he saw a tyrannical purpose . . based on the excerpt above, which statement about caesar is true? caesar was disliked by the common people. caesar had no desire for a political career. cicero believed caesar had noble political intentions. caesar gained popularity and political influence but also gained enemies during his life.

The answer is D.Caesar , according to this excerpt, was popular due to his eloquence and friendly manners.His political influence, additionally, caused him to be well liked by the communards ,which also made him gain a lot of enemies.The common people did not know or could not really see if he had any tyranical intentions.The excerpt expresses it was Cicero who saw that in Caesar and Caesar did have a desire for a political career.For all these reasons , the answer is D.

The answer is indeed letter D) Caesar gained popularity and political influence but also gained enemies during his life.

Explanation:

This excerpt allows us to draw a few conclusions about Caesar. According to what it says, he was liked by common people because of his manners and eloquence. Therefore, letter A is wrong. We also learn that Caesar did his best to build an influential political career, which makes letter B wrong as well. Letter C is also incorrect because the excerpt reveals that Cicero saw Caesar as a possible tyrant, believing Caesar's public image was just a facade. The only correct option is letter D. According to the excerpt, Caesar was popular and influent, but still had enemies. Those enemies thought his "influence would quickly vanish", but were apparently mistaken.

a simile is first defined as a type of speech that uses one thing or phrase with comparisons to things of an unrelated kind, often in order to make a more vivacious description. so of the phrases above, only the last one (i swear she cast a shadow white as stone) would be considered a simile, as a shadow white as stone takes two unrelated things and uses them in an interesting way.

explanation:

mark brainliest and have a great day!

- "the die is cast; i have consented to return if we are not destroyed. thus are my hopes blasted by cowardice and indecision; i come back ignorant and disappointed. it requires more philosophy than i possess to bear this injustice with patience. i have lost my hopes of utility and glory; i have lost my friend."