Flavius and murellus enter the Roman street and see all the commoners and begin to bicker with one asking why he isn’t working the commoner says that hes there to witness Julius Caesar’s return from war Julius Caesar returns to Rome on the festival of Lupercalia, on February 15 while he’s out a commoner goes to Julius and tells him "Beware the ides of March" but Caesar doesn’t think much of it when at the stage. Cassius tells Brutus that he could just as well rule Rome and that Caesar isn’t as strong as he says it is
It seems that you have missed the necessary details for us to answer this question, so I had to look for it. Anyway, here is the answer. Based on the given sentence above, the literary technique that is being used is SIMILE, because of comparing using as..as. Hope this helps.
Watson is Sherlock’s assistant,friend and flatmate