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Act I

The play stars on a Roman holiday, the Lupercalia (February 15). On this day, Caesar comes back to Rome after he defeated Pompey, a former leader of the Roman Empire. This victory makes Caesar so powerful, that he almost rules the empire by himself. On the street, a fortune-teller warns Caesar of the ides of March, which will be on March 15. But Caesar does not take him seriously and leaves.

Meanwhile, Cassius plans a plot to murder Caesar for having too much power over the empire and asks Brutus to join. Brutus shares the sorrows over the current political situation but does not want to join the plot of Cassius immediatly. They get interrupted by Casca, who tells them that Caesar was offered the crown of the king of Rome but he turned it down every time.

Later, Cassius starts telling Casca about the plot against Caesar but gets interrupted by Cinna. Cassius sends Cinna away to bring Brutus a few impertant letters and invites Casca over for dinner to make him join the plot.

Act II

Brutus gets the letters from Cinna and reads them but he misinterprets them, thinking that the murder of Caesar is the will of all Roman people. In this belief he promises to act on the will of "the Romans". In the evening, Brutus meets with the other conspirators and all join the plot against Caesar. Even though the others want to kill Antony too, Brutus convinces them not to since Antony is not smart enough to be a thread to them.

After this meeting, Brutus cannot sleep and tells his wife Portia about the plot after she stabs herself in the thigh to prove she is tough enough to keep a secret.

The night before the planned murder on the ides of March, Caesar´s wife Calpurnia dreams bad about her husband´s future. This dream unsettles Caesar enough to call upon a priest to read a sign about the future. This sign forsays bad luck as well. But on the next morning, Decius enters Caesar´s house and convinces him that he does not have to worry about some superstitious signs. Caesar agrees and leaves his house with Decius and some other conspirators to go to the Senate House on the Capitol.

On his way, the fortune-teller aproaches Caesar another time and warns him against of the ides of March, but Caesar does not take him seriously agian. Artemidorus wants to warn Caesar as well by handing him a letter explaining the entire plot against him but Caesar does not read it believing - thanks to Decius - that Artemidorus only wants a favour in a legal matter.

Act III

Caesar and the conspirators arrive at the Senate House and start their meeting. A man called Metellus begs Caesar to bring his brother back from his exile. Even though Brutus and Cassius plead for the return of Metellus´ brother, Caesar refuses to do it. Then, at a sign from Casca, the conspirators come forward and kill Caesar with their daggers. They dip their hands in the blood of their victim and celebrate their victory. Antony comes to the murderers and bids them to have a public ceremony for Caesar at which he wants to sppeak. Brutus agrees, in spite of Cassius´ disapproval.

At the ceremony, Brutus speaks first, calling Caesar a tyrant the Romans had to get rid of. He than leaves the ceremony, so he does not hear Antony who tells the plebians what a great man Caesar was and that every Roman citizen inherits some of Caesars money. Knowing that, the plebians vow revenge on Brutus and Cassius and start riots against them.

In the upcoming riots, Cinna the poet gets killed by some citizens who mistake him for Cinna the conspirator.