The theme pops up throughout Shakespeare’s plays, helping to tell magical stories like the Tempest, providing omens as in Julius Caesar and even some dark magic. Narrator: Macbeth begins with ...

At a moment of crisis for our republic, what can we learn from Shakespeare’s portrait of the death of Julius Caesar? Series Introduction FULL EPISODE: Why Julius Caesar Is the Perfect Play to ...

Gaius Julius Caesar was born into the gens Julia, one of Rome’s oldest and most distinguished patrician families, around 100 BCE. The Julii traced their lineage back to the early days of the ...

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A gold coin from the first century B.C.E. featuring Brutus, the close ally and assassin of Julius Caesar, is anticipated to sell for more than $1.1 million at an auction in Switzerland.

Caesar’s feelings of shock and betrayal were later dramatized in William Shakespeare’s famous 1599 ... to seize power after the assassination of Julius Caesar,” Frank Baldacci, head of ...