JC Full Character List

1. Julius Caesar: FULL CHARACTER LIST
Julius Caesar – Gifted general, persuasive/talented speaker, respected/feared ruler of Rome
(loved/feared by the public; resented and feared by government)
Octavius (Caesar) (“Octavius”; later “Augustus Caesar”; JC’s nephew/heir to throne; one of 2nd
Triumvirs (after Caesar’s death)
(Marcus) Antony (“Antony”; close friend to Caesar?)
Lepidus (One of 2nd
Triumvirs (after Caesar’s death; Publius’s brother)
Cicero (great orator of Rome; supporter of Pompey over Caesar)
Publius Cimber (banished; Lepidus’s brother)
Popilius Lena
(Marcus) Brutus (“Brutus”; friend to Caesar? Once fought side-by-side with Caesar; begins to question Caesar’s ambition)
Cassius (Leader of the conspirators)
Casca
Trebonius
Caius (Ligarius)
Decius (Brutus)
Metellus Cimber
Cinna (#1) (there are 2 men by this name – beware! The first one we meet is a conspirator; the next is a poet)
Flavius
Marullus
Lucilius
Titinius
Messala
Cato (also Portia’s father; Brutus’ father-in-law)
(young) Cato
Volumnius
Varro
Clitus
Claudius
Strato
Lucius
Dardanius
Pindarus – Cassius’s servant
Calpurnia – Wife of Caesar
Portia – Wife of Brutus
Artemidorus – Teacher; supporter of Caesar
Soothsayer (a.k.a. a psychic/or an oracle – well-respected in ancient Roman culture)
Cinna (#2) – a poet
2nd
Triumvirs (of 2nd
Triumvirate of Rome)
3 joint rulers of Rome after Caesar’s death
(*1st
Triumvirs = Caesar, Pompey, and Crassius
Senators
Conspirators against Caesar
Tribunes (politicians that looked out for the rights of the common people)
Friends to Brutus and Cassius
Brutus’s servants

2. * Other characters include: additional senators, citizens, guards, attendants/servants, plebeians,
soldiers, ghost of Caesar, etc.
Act I Characters [CHARACTERS BY ACT]
Flavius
Marullus
A carpenter and a cobbler (a shoe maker)
Julius Caesar – Gifted general, persuasive/talented speaker, respected/feared ruler of Rome
Casca - Conspirator
Calpurnia – Wife of Caesar
Antony – Close friend of Caesar?
Soothsayer – a.k.a. a psychic/or an oracle – well-respected in ancient Roman culture
(Marcus) Brutus – once fought side-by-side with Caesar alongside General Pompey; he comes to question Caesar’s ambition
Cassius – Leader of the conspiracy
Cicero – Senator
Cinna (#1) – Conspirator
Act II Characters (*only new characters have descriptions)
(Marcus) Brutus
Lucius – Brutus’s servant
Cassius
Decius (Brutus) - Conspirator
Casca
Cinna (#1)
Metellus Cimber - Conspirator
Trebonius - Conspirator
Portia – Wife of Brutus
Caius (Ligarius) - Conspirator
Servant to Caesar
Calpurnia – Wife of Caesar
Caesar
Antony
Tribunes – (politicians that looked out for the rights of the common people)

3. Artemidorus – Teacher; supporter of Caesar
Soothsayer
Publius Cimber – Banished senator; Lepidus’s brother
Act III Characters (*only new characters have descriptions)
Caesar
Soothsayer
Artemidorus
Decius (Brutus)
Popilius Lena – Senator
Publius Cimber – (banished) Senator
(Marcus) Brutus
Cassius
Cinna (#2) – The poet
Metellus Cimber
Casca
Trebonius
Servant of Antony
Antony
Plebeians – Citizens of Rome; commoners
Act IV Characters (*only new characters have descriptions)
Antony
Octavius – Caesar’s nephew/heir to the throne; one of 2nd
Triumvirs (after Caesar’s death); 1st
emperor
Lepidus - One of 2nd
Triumvirs (after Caesar’s death); Publius’s brother
(Marcus) Brutus
Lucilius – Friend to Brutus and Cassius
Pindarus –Cassius’s servant
Cassius
Soliders
Poet
Messala - Friend to Brutus and Cassius
Titinius - Friend to Brutus and Cassius
Lucius

4. Varro – Brutus’s servant
Ghost of Caesar
Claudius - Brutus’s servant
Act V Characters (*only new characters have descriptions)
Octavius
Antony
Messenger
(Marcus) Brutus
Cassius
Lucilius
Messala
Titinius
Pindarus
(young) Cato – Friend to Brutus and Cassius
Soldiers
Clitus – Brutus’s servant
Dardanius – Brutus’s servant
Volumnius - Friend to Brutus and Cassius
Strato – Brutus’s servant