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| Caesar | A great Roman general and senator, recently returned to Rome in triumph after a successful military campaign.He is unable to separate his public life from his private life, and, seduced by the populace’s increasing idealization and idolization of his image, he ignores ill omens and threats against his life, believing himself as eternal as the North Star. does possess his share of flaws. |
| Antony | A friend of Caesar. claims allegiance to Brutus and the conspirators after Caesar’s death in order to save his own life. Later, however, when speaking a funeral oration over Caesar’s body, he spectacularly persuades the audience to withdraw its support of Brutus and instead condemn him as a traitor. |
| Portia | Brutus’s wife; the daughter of a noble Roman who took sides against Caesar. accustomed to being Brutus’s confidante, is upset to find him so reluctant to speak his mind when she finds him troubled. killed herself out of grief that Antony and Octavius have become so powerful. |
| Brutus | A supporter of the republic who believes strongly in a government guided by the votes of senators. he opposes the ascension of any single man to the position of dictator, and he fears that Caesar aspires to such power.inflexible sense of honor makes it easy for Caesar’s enemies to manipulate him into believing that Caesar must die in order to preserve the republic. |
| Cassius | A talented general and longtime acquaintance of Caesar. dislikes the fact that Caesar has become godlike in the eyes of the Romans.He slyly leads Brutus to believe that Caesar has become too powerful and must die, finally converting Brutus to his cause by sending him forged letters claiming that the Roman people support the death of Caesar. |
| Calpurnia | Caesar’s wife. invests great authority in omens and portents. She warns Caesar against going to the Senate on the Ides of March, since she has had terrible nightmares and heard reports of many bad omens. |
| Soothsayer | He warns Caesar during the celebration of the feast of Lupercal to "beware the ides of March." He again warns Caesar as he enters the Senate House. |
| Casca | A public figure opposed to Caesar’s rise to power. relates to Cassius and Brutus how Antony offered the crown to Caesar three times and how each time Caesar declined it.He believes, however, that Caesar is the consummate actor, lulling the populace into believing that he has no personal ambition. |
| Octavius | Caesar’s adopted son and appointed successor. who had been traveling abroad, returns after Caesar’s death; he then joins with Antony and sets off to fight Cassius and Brutus.follows his adopted father’s example and emerges as the authoritative figure, paving the way for his eventual seizure of the reins of Roman government. |
| Decius Brutus | A member of the conspiracy. convinces Caesar that Calpurnia misinterpreted her dire nightmares and that, in fact, no danger awaits him at the Senate. leads Caesar right into the hands of the conspirators. |
| Trebonius | The first of the conspirators to second Brutus' argument that Antony be sparedlures Antony out of the Senate House so that the other conspirators can kill Caesar without having to fear Antony's intervention. Consequently, he is the only conspirator who does not actually stab Caesar. |
| Lucilius | The officer who impersonates Brutus at the second battle of Philippi and is captured by Antony's soldiers. Antony admires his loyalty to Brutus and thus he protects him |
| Lucius | Brutus' young servant; Brutus treats him with understanding, gentleness, and tolerance. |
| Pindarus | At Philippi, he erroneously tells his master, Cassius, that the scout Titinius has been captured by the enemy when the scout has actually been greeted by the victorious forces of Brutus. Thinking that all is lost, Cassius decides to die; |
| Lepidus | He joins Antony and Octavius to form the Second Triumvirate to rule the Roman Empire following the assassination of Caesar. He is weak, and Antony uses him essentially to run errands. |
| Titinius | An officer in the army commanded by Cassius and Brutus, he guards the tent at Sardis during the argument between the two generals, and is a scout at Philippi for Cassius. kills himself in emulation of Cassius. |
