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  2. Julius Caesar (play) - Wikipedia

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    Within the Tent of Brutus: Enter the Ghost of Caesar, Julius Caesar, Act IV, Scene III, a 1905 portrait by Edwin Austin Abbey. The Tragedy of Julius Caesar (First Folio title: The Tragedie of Ivlivs Cæsar), often shortened to Julius Caesar, is a history play and tragedy by William Shakespeare first performed in 1599.

  3. Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears - Wikipedia

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    "Friends, Romans": Orson Welles' Broadway production of Caesar (1937), a modern-dress production that evoked comparison to contemporary Fascist Italy and Nazi Germany "Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears" is the first line of a speech by Mark Antony in the play Julius Caesar, by William Shakespeare.

  4. List of things named after Julius Caesar - Wikipedia

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    Edwin Austin Abbey — Within the Tent of Brutus, Enter the Ghost of Caesar, Julius Caesar, Act IV, Scene III. Life of Caesar — A biography of Julius Caesar written in Ancient Greek in the beginning of the 2nd century AD by the Greek moralist Plutarch, as part of his Parallel Lives. [53] The Tragedy of Julius Caesar — A historical play and ...

  5. Shakespearean fool - Wikipedia

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    Citizen in Julius Caesar; Cloten in Cymbeline; Clown in Othello; Clown in Titus Andronicus; Costard in Love's Labours Lost – This clown is referred to as a "fool" in Act V, scene ii, but the word in this context simply refers to a silly man. He is not simple enough to be considered a natural fool, and not witty enough to be considered an ...

  6. Acta Caesaris - Wikipedia

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    The Acta Caesaris (Acts of Caesar) are the published and unpublished legal acts that were passed or planned by Julius Caesar in his position as Roman dictator. Notably, the Acta Caesaris included: Certain acts passed and already enforced, such as the conferment of numerous offices to members of the populares and the optimates .

  7. Et tu, Brute? - Wikipedia

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    The quote appears in Act 3 Scene 1 of William Shakespeare's play Julius Caesar, [1] where it is spoken by the Roman dictator Julius Caesar, at the moment of his assassination, to his friend Marcus Junius Brutus, upon recognizing him as one of the assassins.

  8. Sextus Tarquinius - Wikipedia

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    Moves like a ghost. (Act 2 Scene 1, Lines 5-6) In Shakespeare's history play Julius Caesar (Act 2, Scene 1), the character Brutus reflects on his ancestor's role in overthrowing Tarquin's father and the monarchy: … Shall Rome stand under one man's awe? What, Rome? My ancestors did from the streets of Rome the Tarquin drive, when he was call'd ...

  9. Controversies about the word niggardly - Wikipedia

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    William Shakespeare: The Tragedy of Julius Caesar, Act 4, Scene 3 Niggardly (noun: niggard ) is an adjective meaning 'stingy' or ' miserly '. Niggard (14th C) is derived from the Middle English word meaning 'stingy,' nigon , which is probably derived from two other words also meaning 'stingy,' Old Norse hnǫggr and Old English hnēaw . [ 2 ]