A superb general and politician, Julius Caesar (c.100 BC – 44 BC / Reigned 46 – 44 BC) changed the course of Roman history. Although he did not rule for long, he gave Rome fresh hope and a ...

Marcus Brutus:If there be any in this assembly, any dear friend of Caesar's, to him I say Brutus' love to Caesar was no less than his. If then that friend demand why Brutus rose against Caesar ...

Julius Caesar is a problematic play, structurally – basically it falls apart in the second half – and in terms of its principal character, the chilly, remote Brutus. Shakespeare created many ...