
Himself surrounded by a group of conspirators that stab him, one by one.Īs the group murder reaches the final men, Caesar sees that even his old friend Brutus has betrayed him. Caesar does not favor the petition, as is to be expected, but finds


They need his review of an important petition within which one brother pleads for lenience on behalf of his banished brother. A ruse amongst several men has been devised they tell He disregards the message however, and Marcus Brutus and another conspirator,Ĭassius, discuss killing Caesar and stopping his path to ascension without the Roman kingdom.Īs act three develops, Caesar does not have concern for his wellbeing, despite the warnings for his safety that have been relayed to him. One of Shakespeare's most famous, warns Caesar to stay away from danger when the middle of March comes along. As he parades throughout Rome he encounters a psychic who tells him to "beware the ides of March." This line, The play begins as Caesar triumphantly returns from a battle in the battle of Munda. Though Caesar is the title character, his role is not as large as that of Marcus Brutus, the conspirator who takes Caesar's life. William Shakespeare's The Tragedy of Julius Caesar, or just Julius Caesar, is believed to have been written in 1599 and is one of Shakespeare's works based on true historical events.
