Julius Ceaser Literature

• Who is the author of julius caesar?

  William Shakespeare
• When was shakespere born and when did he die

  Born- April 1564

  Died- April 23, 1616
• What were some of the things William did?

  • English poet and playwright
  • Considered to be the greatest writer in the English language
  • He wrote 38 plays and 154 sonnets
• What is Tradegy In literature?

  A series of unfortunate events by which characters in the story have several misfortunes and finally there is a disaster
• What are the 5 stages of Tragedy?

  1. Happy times
  2. The into of the problem
  3. The problem becomes a crisis
  4. The character unable to prevent the problem
  5. The problem results in some terible ending which is the tragedy
• What is a monarchy


  King has complete rile over Rome
• What is a republic

  Roman Government rules by the people
• What is dictator ship

  One leader has complete political control
• What are the 3 types of government

  Monarchy

  Republic

  Dictatorship
• What is a triumvirate

  A group of 3 men
• What was rome ruled by

  A triumvirate ( 3 men)
• Who is pompey


  A great politician and caesars son in law
• Who is caesar


  The famous general
• Who is Crassus


  The wealthiest man in Rome
• Who are the three men in the Triumvirate

  Pompey

  Caesar

  Crassus
• When did Crassus die

  In 53 BC
• What did crassuses death cause?

  Pompey and caesar to go againts eachother
• Who was caesar fighting?

  Pompey, another powerful roman and his sons
• Pompey, as well as others in the roman senate, were disturbed by caesars growing ambition.
• Because he was jealous, Pompey persuaded the senate to order caesar to break up his army and return to rome
• Instead, Caesar invaded rome and took control and chased pompey all the way to egypt
• Pompey was killed in egypt before caesar could catch him
• Later caesar killed pompeys sons in spain
• Where was the setting of the story?

  Ancient Rome during a period of political upheaval and the sruggle for power among ambitious statesmen
• What was February 15th?

  The feast of the Lupercal
• What does Ides mean?

  Means the middle of the month ( March 15th, 44 Bc)