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Julius Caesar

Characters
  • Gaius Cassius Longinus

    Gaius Cassius Longinus

    Gaius Cassius Longinus (before 85 BC – October, 42 BC) was a Roman senator, a leading instigator of the plot to kill Julius Caesar,[1] and the brother in-law of Marcus Junius Brutus....

  • Brutus, Marcus Junius

    Brutus Marcus Junius

    Marcus Junius Brutus (early June, 85 BC – 23 October, 42 BC), often referred to as Brutus, was a politician of the late Roman Republic. After being adopted by his uncle he used the name Quintus Servilius Caepio Brutus, but eventually returned to using his...

  • Calpurnia (wife of Caesar)

    Calpurnia (wife Of Caesar)

    Calpurnia was either the third or the fourth wife of Julius Caesar, and the one to whom he was married at the time of his assassination. According to contemporary sources, she was a good and faithful wife, in spite of her husbands infidelity; and, f...

  • Marcus Aemilius Lepidus

    Marcus Aemilius Lepidus

    Marcus Aemilius Lepidus (Latin: M·AEMILIVS·M·F·Q·N·LEPIDVS),[1] (born c. 89 or 88 BC, died late 13 or early 12 BC)[2] was a Roman patrician who rose to become a member of the Second Triumvirate and Pontifex Maximus. His father, Marcus Aemilius Lepidus, ha...

  • Marcus Antonius

    Marcus Antonius

    Marcus Antonius (83 – 30 BC) was a Roman politician and general. He was an important supporter and the loyal friend of Gaius Julius Caesar as a military commander and administrator, being Caesars second cousin, once removed, by his mother Julia Anto...

  • Portia Catonis

    Portia Catonis

    the wife of Roman senator Marcus Junius Brutus (fictionalized as a character in William Shakespeares play Julius Caesar as "Portia")more...

  • Augustus

    Augustus

    Caesar Augustus (born Gaius Octavius; 23 September 63 BC – 19 August AD 14), also known as Octavian, was the founder of the Roman Empire; he reigned as the first Roman emperor from 27 BC until his death in AD 14.[a] The reign of Augustus initiated an impe...

  • Marcus Tullius Cicero

    Marcus Tullius Cicero

    Roman philosopher, statesman, lawyer, political theorist, and Roman constitutionalist. Cicero is widely considered one of Romes greatest orators and prose stylists.more...

  • Julius Caesar (Roman emperor)

    Julius Caesar (roman Emperor)

    Gaius Julius Caesar (/ˈsiːzər/, SEE-zər; Latin: [ˈɡaːiʊs ˈjuːliʊs ˈkae̯sar]; 12 July 100 BC – 15 March 44 BC) was a Roman general and statesman. A member of the First Triumvirate, Caesar led the Roman armies in the Gallic Wars before defeating his politic...