The Tragedie of Julius Caesar

Julius Caesar is a highly successful but ambitious political leader of Rome and his goal is to become an unassailable dictator. Caesar is warned that he must beware the Ides of March. The prophecy comes true and Caesar is assassinated. Marcus Brutus is a well respected Roman senator who helps plan and carry out Caesar''s assassination which he believes will rid Rome of a tyrant. Caesar''s friend Mark Antony provides the famous funeral oration (Friends Romans and countrymen...). Brutus and Cassius meet their inevitable defeat. Brutus the noble Roman whose decision to take part in the conspiracy for the sake of freedom plunges his country into civil war.