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julius caesar
arrogant and godlike after defeating pompey’s sons; ready to be crowned emperor but assassinated by political rebels
octavius caesar
great nephew and adopted son
mark antony
caesar’s most loyal follower
aemilius lepidus
third member of the triumvirate with little power
cicero
renowned orator and respected senator, executed by antony
publius and populius lena
roman senators
marcus brutus
honorable and idealistic republican
caius cassius
consumed by envy for caesar’s power and success, he manipulates brutus into joining the conspiracy to kill caesar
decius brutus
one of the conspirators, he persuades caesar to ignore various warnings not to visit the senat4e
casca, trebonius, caius ligarius, metellus cimber, and cinna
conspirators
flavius and marulles
roman tribunes who ae opposed to caesar
artemidorus
names the conspirators but caesar ignores him
a soothsayer
warns caesar of the “ides of march”
cinna the poet
killed by a mob avenging caesar’s death
a poet, a carpenter, and a cobbler
they celebrate caesar’s military victories
titinius
he kills himself with the sword of cassius
young cato
a follower of brutus, he is killed by messala
lucilius, messala, and volumnius
followers and friends of brutus and cassius
varro, clitus, claudius, strato, lucius, and dardanius
servants to brutus
pindarus
cassius’ sevant, he helps his master kill himself
calphurnia
caesar’s wife, she pleads in vain for him not to attend the senate
portia
brutus’ loyal wife, she is worried by her husband’s troubled behavior and finally kills herself
