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Who’s Who in Julius Caesar The First Triumvirate (before the play begins) Julius Caesar Crassus Pompey The Second Triumvirate (after Caesar dies) Octavious Caesar Marc Antony Lepidus Julius Caesar - dictator of Rome Calpurnia – wife of Caesar Marcus Brutus – Roman who is the hero of the play Portia – Brutus’ wife Servants to Brutus Claudis Clitus Dardanius Lucius Strato Varro Comrades in Arms with Brutus Young Cato Messala Titinius Volumnius Lucilius Conspirators against Caesar Marcus Brutus Decius Brutus Casca Cassius Mettelus Cimber Cinna Ligarius Trebonius Pindarus – servant of Cassius Artemidorus – a fortuneteller Senators – Cicero, Popilius Lena, and Publius Tribunes – Flavius and Marullus The Feast of Lupercal: In William Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar, the Feast of Lupercal takes place in the first Act, scene ii. The Feast of Lupercal dates back to ancient times, and is where the idea of Valentine’s Day originates. The Feast of Lupercal was to honor the Roman God of Fertility. They celebrated this day each year on the 15th of February. The feast involved several activities, such as foot races and even sacrificing animals. On February 14th, or the eve of the festival, is the day in which a ritual called “name drawing” was preformed. Name drawing, in essence, was when a young man would draw a name from a group of all the available girls and she would be his sweetheart for the entire year. So, in scene ii, Caesar requests that Antony touch Calpurnia as he runs past her in the race. Calpurnia is unable to get pregnant, and the Romans were very superstitious; Caesar believed that on this special day, if Antony touched her, that Calpurnia would become fertile.