Julius Caesar
Julius Caesar,a Roman tragedy by Shakespeare , probably written and performed 1599 , not printed until the First Folio ( 1623 ). Its major source is North 's translation of Plutarch 's Lives. The play seems to have been a popular one.
It begins with the events of the year 44 BC , after Caesar, already endowed with the dictatorship, had returned to Rome from a successful campaign in Spain, and when there are fears that he will allow himself to be crowned king. Distrust of Caesar's ambition gives rise to a conspiracy against him among Roman lovers of freedom, notably Cassius and Casca; they win over to their cause Brutus, who reluctantly joins them from a sense of duty to the republic. Caesar is slain by the conspirators in the senate house. Antony, Caesar's friend, stirs the people to fury against the conspirators by a skilful speech at Caesar's funeral. Octavius, nephew of Julius Caesar, Antony, and Lepidus,...
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