A superb general and politician, Julius Caesar (c.100 BC – 44 BC / Reigned 46 – 44 BC) changed the course of Roman history. Although he did not rule for long, he gave Rome fresh hope and a ...

The Tragedy of Julius Caesar was first performed in 1599 and it continues to be reinterpreted by theater directors up to this ...

In 49 B.C. on the banks of the Rubicon, Julius Caesar faced a critical choice. To remain in Gaul meant forfeiting his power to his enemies in Rome. Crossing the river into Italy would be a ...

So a soothsayer warned the title character in William Shakespeare’s play, Julius Caesar ... production of the play portrayed Caesar as looking unmistakably like then-President Donald Trump.

Beware the Ides of March? Charles A. Dana Professor of English Emerita Cynthia Lewis explores how prophets in Shakespeare's ...