Antony: if you have tears, prepare to shed them now. you all do know this mantle1. i remember the first time ever caesar put it on. ‘twas on a summer’s evening in his tent, that day he overcame the nervii2. look, in this place ran cassius’ dagger through. see what a rent the envious casca made. through this the well-belovèd brutus stabbed; 1. a cloak. 2. one of caesar’s military conquests. why does mark antony first recall caesar’s military background and then show the roman crowd caesar’s body?