victory over Pompey. The tribunes yell at the people for their fickleness in celebrating the defeat of a man who was

Caesar enters Rome with his supporters and a crowd of citizens. It is the feast of Lupercal, a day when two

men run through the street and strike people they meet with goatskin. Caesar orders Mark Antony to strike his wife

Calpurnia so that she can have children.

A soothsayer yells out to Caesar as he passes and says beware the ides of March. Caesar ignores the man

and thinks he is just a crazy old man. When he sees Cassius, Caesar tells Antony that he would rather be surrounded

by men who are fat and happy than thin men like Cassius. He is worried that Cassius is dangerous because he "thinks

too much." Antony tells him not to worry about Cassius.

Meanwhile, Brutus and Cassius meet and talk about how Caesar has gained a great deal of power. During

their conversation they are interrupted three times by cheers from the crowd. Cassius tells Brutus that he is forming a

plot against Caesar and wants Brutus to join it. Brutus tells him he cannot comm

"O Rome, I make thee promise" that he will carry out what he thinks the Roman people want.

one of the conspirators, arrives and tells Caesar that Calpurnia's dream to mean that all of Rome sucked the blood of

his sword and tells Brutus to kill him if he hates him so much. Brutus of course refuses and the two men make up.

Caesar's wife Calpurnia has had a dream during all of this in which she saw a statue of Caesar bleeding

Brutus receives the letters from Cinna without knowing who wrote them. He reads one of the letters and

the ides of March. He again refuses to listen to the man and continues. A man named Artemidorus then comes up to

is waiting for him, but is very angry with Brutus for ignoring some letters he sent asking Brutus to release a prisoner.

In the middle of the battle Brutus sees a chance to destroy Octavius' army and rushes away to attack it. He

The conspirators dip their hands in his blood and prepare to run to the street crying out "peace, freedom, and

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