Julius Caesar
By William Shakespeare
Cover: The Death of Caesar (1867), oil on canvas by Jean-Léon Gérôme (1824-1904) · Wikimedia Commons · Public domain (artist died 1904)
Brutus joins a conspiracy to stab Julius Caesar before he can make himself king of Rome. Mark Antony's funeral speech turns the crowd against the killers, and the conspirators are driven to defeat at Philippi.
Summary written with Claude Sonnet 5.5.