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Worried that he had become too powerful and would end the Roman Republic, his opponents in the Senate, including his friends Brutus and Cassius, led a plot to assassinate him. Throughout Caesar’s rise to power he created many enemies. Caesar defeated the Pharaoh and named Cleopatra as ruler. The two became lovers and allies needing each other to secure power for themselves. With Richard Pasco, Charles Gray, Keith Michell, David Collings. This Summer, we confront our own political landscape as Shakespeares tragedy Julius Caesar takes on new relevance in the Globe, and on tour across the UK. But when they kill Caesar, they unleash forces that threaten to tear their world. Paul Barrois (Julius Caesar), Khaleana Stell (Brutus), Sam Pribyl (Cassius), Blake Weise (Mark Antony), Lacy Hornick (Casca), Cole Cook (Soothsayer.

Cleopatra smuggled herself in to meet with Caesar to discuss plans to take over the Egyptian throne. Brutus and Cassius fear Caesar will crown himself king. In 47 BCE, Caesar wanted to consolidate his power in Egypt. In 48 BCE Caesar pushed Pompey and his army out of Italy and chased them to Egypt.Īfter his defeat of Pompey in 48 BCE, Caesar was named dictator perpetuo, partly because he had so many of his supporters named to the Senate. Pompey allied himself with the Roman Senate against Caesar. After the death of Crassus, the balance of power in the Triumvirate was disturbed.

He conquered the areas we know as France, Belgium, southern Holland, western Germany, and most of Switzerland. It also details his battle with the sons of Pompey, as well as his rise to vaulted. From 58-51 BCE he had fantastic military success in Gaul which brought him great popularity back in Rome. This section looks at Julius Caesar as he begins his role as dictator. In the hard, grim surroundings of a womens prison, the all-female actors in Phyllida Lloyds bold production of Donmar Warehouses Julius Caesar play inmates. Brutus, Caesar’s friend and ally, fears that Caesar will become king, destroying the republic. As the action begins, Rome prepares for Caesar’s triumphal entrance. The first part of the play leads to his death the second portrays the consequences. Caesar became governor of Gaul, a province of Rome located in Northern Italy, Switzerland, and France. Caesar’s assassination is just the halfway point of Julius Caesar.