Shakespeare's Julius Caesar dramatizes the events immediately after the assassination of the Roman general and politician, Julius Caesar. The fate of the Republic is thrown into the balance as the legions of Brutus and his fellow liberators face off against the legions of Marc Antony and Octavius. This work is one of three Roman tragedies written by William Shakespeare alongside Coriolanus, and Julius Caesar.
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On this date in 1595, Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet was first performed (not officially published until 1597). Although the renowned tragedy was by no means the first literary story of doomed love, it coined the phrase "star-cross'd lovers" and continues to inspire heartbreaking sagas even today.