: Explores the power of rhetoric, the fickleness of the public, and the conflict between fate and free will.

: A high-minded patriot who joins the conspiracy for "the good of Rome".

Gaius Julius Caesar was a brilliant military general and politician whose rise to power marked the end of the Roman Republic.

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: He conquered Gaul (modern France) and famously "crossed the Rubicon" in 49 BCE, sparking a civil war that made him dictator for life.

: On the Ides of March (March 15, 44 BCE), he was stabbed to death by a group of senators, including his close friend Brutus, who feared he was becoming a tyrant.