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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.