The Ides of March (Masterplots, Revised Second Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Thornton Wilder
- First Published: 1948
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Historical chronicle
- Time of Work: 45
- Setting: Ancient Rome
- Principal Characters: Julius Caesar, Pompeia, Calpurnia, Lady Clodia Pulcher, Catullus, Cleopatra, Marcus Brutus
- Genres: Long fiction, Historical fiction
- Subjects: Dictators, Betrayal, Rulers, Assassination, Gods or goddesses, Assassins, hit men, or contract killers, Fate or fatalism, Greek or Roman times, Rome
- Locales: Rome, ancient
The Story:
There were so many different groups plotting to assassinate Caesar that it was impossible for him to guard himself from all of them. Each day, new leaders rose to incite the people against him. Many of the leaders were friends of Caesar; some were relatives; some were merely ambitious men; and some were citizens who sincerely believed that Rome was suffering under Caesar’s rule and wanted to free her. The last group had Caesar’s admiration. He knew that he had restricted the freedom of the people, but he knew, too, that the masses of people shrink from...
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