Sources and Analogues for Julius Caesar

Included here are some of the Classical sources of modern knowledge about the historical Julius Caesar. Several of these sources were also used by Shakespeare in the creation of his play Julius Caesar. Also included here is a Renaissance version of the story that is roughly contemporary with Shakespeare's.

Bust of Livia, wife of Augustus, Vatican 637
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Classical Sources

  1. Modernized edition of Sir Thomas North's 1579 translation of Plutarch's Parallel Lives(edited by J. W. Skeat)

  2. Original spelling excerpts of North's Plutarch with LINKS to relevant sections of the play

  3. Selected Orations and Letters of Cicero

  4. Julius Caesar's Gallic Wars

Renaissance Analogues

  1. The Tragedy ofJulius Caesar , Sir William Alexander, Earl of Sterline (1637)
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