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Julius Caesar (Masterplots, Revised Second Edition)

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At the feast of Lupercalia all Rome rejoiced, for the latest military triumphs of Julius Caesar were being celebrated during that holiday. Yet tempers flared and jealousies seethed beneath the public gaiety. Flavius and Marallus, two tribunes, coming upon a group of citizens gathered to praise Caesar, tore down their trophies and ordered the people to go home and remember Pompey’s fate at the hands of Caesar.

Other dissatisfied noblemen discussed with concern Caesar’s growing power and his incurable ambition. A soothsayer, following Caesar in his triumphal...

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