Do you get super excited to tell everyone to "Beware the Ides of March" every year or are you normal?

Julius Caesar is a tricky play because I think it largely comes across as boring with a cool stabbing scene tucked into the middle of it. But, the events surrounding the assassination of Julius Caesar were extremely dramatic and held a lot of emotional weight and significance, in addition to having long lasting political ramifications.

If you've only ever seen this play as boring and talky or if you've never learned anything about Roman history, then this is the episode for you! I get into some context of the history of Rome and of Julius Caesar himself so you get the full scope of the political scene at the time and why, ultimately, a group of Caesar's friends decided that he needed to die.

Happy Ides of March, everyone!

Further Reading and Listening

The History of Rome podcast by Mike Duncan (really, anything by Mike Duncan is a good bet)

Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare

Credit where credit is due

Podcast art by ⁠Halie Branson⁠

Music recording by ⁠josdvg⁠