Casca tells them that each time Caesar refused it with increasing reluctance, hoping that the crowd watching would insist that he accept the crown.
They then hear from Casca that Mark Antony has offered Caesar the crown of Rome three times. Although Brutus, friendly towards Caesar, is hesitant to kill him, he agrees that Caesar may be abusing his power. Meanwhile, Cassius attempts to convince Brutus to join his conspiracy to kill Caesar. During the feast of Lupercal, Caesar holds a victory parade and a soothsayer warns him to "Beware the ides of March," which he ignores.
The tribunes, insulting the crowd for their change in loyalty from Pompey to Caesar, attempt to end the festivities and break up the commoners, who return the insults. The play opens with two tribunes (appointed leaders/officials of Rome) discovering the commoners of Rome celebrating Julius Caesar's triumphant return from defeating the sons of his military rival, Pompey. Other soldiers, senators, plebeians, and attendants.Poet (believed to be based on Marcus Favonios).Soothsayer – a person supposed to be able to foresee the future.++++ The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.
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