Julius Caesar is a tragedy by William Shakespeare, composed at some time around

1599.
It is one of a few plays composed by Shakespeare on a genuine event from Roman
history.
The authentic occurrence encompassing the stratagem against the former Roman
pioneer Julius Caesar (c.100-44B.C.) and the civil war that followed his death.
Shakespeare depicts Caesar�s death on the Ides of (March 15) by a gathering of
backstabbers who dreaded the aspiring leader would transform the Roman Republic
into a dictatorial empire.
jealous conspirators convince Caesar's friend Brutus to join their assassination
plot against Caesar. To stop Caesar from gaining too much power, Brutus and the
conspirators kill him on the Ides of March. Mark Antony drives the conspirators out
of Rome and fights them in a battle. Brutus and his friend Cassius lose and kill
themselves, leaving Antony to rule in Rome.