Shakespeare's Julius Caesar dramatizes the events leading up to and immediately after the public assassination of the great Roman general and politician, Julius Caesar. The fate of the Republic is thrown into the balance as the legions of Brutus and his fellow liberators face off against the legions of Marc Antony and Octavius.This work is one of the three Roman tragedies written by William Shakespeare alongside Coriolanus, and Antony and Cleopatra.