Persons Represented. Julius Cæsar [Julius Caesar], Octavius Cæsar [Octavius Caesar], Triumvir, after the Death of Julius Cæsar. M. Antonius [Marcus Antonius], Triumvir, after the Death of Julius Cæsar. M. Æmil. Lepidus [Lepidus]. Triumvir, after the Death of Julius Cæsar. Cicero, Senator. Publius, Senator. Popilius Lena, Senator. Brutus [Marcus Brutus], Conspirator against Julius Cæsar. Cassius, Conspirator against Julius Cæsar. Casca, Conspirator against Julius Cæsar. Trebonius, Conspirator against Julius Cæsar. Ligarius, Conspirator against Julius Cæsar. Decius Brutus, Conspirator against Julius Cæsar. Metellus Cimber, Conspirator against Julius Cæsar. Cinna, Conspirator against Julius Cæsar. Flavius, Tribune. Marullus, Tribune. Artemidorus, a Sophist of Cnidos. A Soothsayer. Cinna [Poet 1], a Poet: Another Poet [Poet 2]. Lucilius, Friend to Brutus and Cassius. Titinius, Friend to Brutus and Cassius. Messala, Friend to Brutus and Cassius. Young Cato, Friend to Brutus and Cassius. Volumnius, Friend to Brutus and Cassius. Varro, Servant to Brutus. Clitus, Servant to Brutus. Claudius, Servant to Brutus. Strato, Servant to Brutus. Lucius, Servant to Brutus. Dardanius, Servant to Brutus. Pindarus, Servant to Cassius. Calphurnia, Wife to Cæsar. Portia, Wife to Brutus. Plebeians, Senators, Guards, Attendants, &c. [Carpenter], [Cobler], [Servant], [Citizen 1], [Citizen 2], [Citizen 3], [Citizen 4], [Citizens], [Ghost], [Soldier 1], [Soldier 2] SCENE, for the three first Acts, at Rome: afterwards at an Island near Mutina; at Sardis; and near Philippi.

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^note: whereas no proof has hitherto been produced, that any contemporary writer ever presumed to new model a story that had already employed the pen of Shakespeare. On all these grounds it appears more probable, that Shakespeare was indebted to lord Sterline, than that lord Sterline borrowed from Shakespeare. If this reasoning be just, this play could not have appeared before the year 1607.

The real length of time in Julius Cæsar, Mr. Upton observes, is as follows: About the middle of February A. U. C. 709, the festival of Luperci was held in honour of Cæsar, when the regal crown was offered to him by Antony. On the 15th of March in the same year, he was killed. Nov. 27, A. U. C. 710, the triumvirs met at a small island, formed by the river Rhenus, near Bononia, and there adjusted their savage proscription.— A. U. C. 711. Brutus and Cassius were defeated near Philippi. Malone.

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