Why does caesar want calphurnia to stand in antony's path?

Question

Why does caesar want calphurnia to stand in antony's path?

Answer 1

He wanted her to get hit, for they were running in a race, and if you got hit by the rugs they were swining, it would make you able to bare children.

Answer 2

Calphurnia was believed to be barren(sterile). the ritual says that if the barren wmen stand in the path and are touched by the strap, their curse of sterility would be gone. anthony was the person to run the course so caesar wanted calphurnia to stand in antony's path