Project Gutenberg 1999-06-01 Public domain in the USA. 299 Shakespeare, William 1564 1616 Shakspeare, William Shakspere, William Julius Caesar There is an improved edition of this title, eBook #1522 Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julius_Caesar_(play) "Julius Caesar" by William Shakespeare is a historical tragedy written during the late 16th century. The play centers around the themes of power, ambition, betrayal, and the moral implications of political action, focusing on the life and assassination of Roman leader Julius Caesar and its aftermath. At the start of the play, we are introduced to the political climate of Rome, where commoners celebrate Caesar's triumph, despite the attempts of tribunes Flavius and Marullus to quell the festivities and chastise them for their fickleness towards Caesar. As the scene unfolds, we see Caesar entering accompanied by his supporters and hear the warnings of a soothsayer, who cautions him to "beware the Ides of March." The opening establishes the divisions in Roman society and the rising tensions as some, like Cassius, express their disdain for Caesar's growing power, foreshadowing the conspiracies that will unfold. The initial interactions set the stage for the moral dilemmas that the characters will face as political machinations begin to take shape. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 83.0 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Tragedies (Drama) Conspiracies -- Drama Brutus, Marcus Junius, 85 B.C.?-42 B.C. -- Drama Caesar, Julius -- Assassination -- Drama Assassins -- Drama Rome -- History -- Civil War, 43-31 B.C. -- Drama PR Text Category: Plays/Films/Dramas Category: Classics of Literature 201434 2025-08-01T11:04:57.749995 text/html 201247 2025-01-07T18:28:12.923314 text/html 137236 2025-08-01T11:05:04.938925 application/epub+zip 139020 2025-08-01T11:05:00.720984 application/epub+zip 130641 2025-08-01T11:04:59.529966 application/epub+zip 284267 2025-08-01T11:05:07.684906 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 259039 2025-08-01T11:05:04.015935 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 217410 2022-08-01T10:33:05.082184 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 161666 2025-08-01T11:04:57.427978 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 141905 2019-05-22T08:57:48 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 50885 2019-05-22T08:58:04 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 18547 2025-08-01T11:05:07.822905 application/rdf+xml 13571 2025-08-01T11:05:00.033995 image/jpeg 3502 2025-08-01T11:04:59.781948 image/jpeg 135024 2025-08-01T11:04:57.764979 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia