Julius Caesar

Dictator of Rome, returned in triumph from war

Brutus

Caesar's friend and the conspiracy's moral authority

Cassius

Instigator of the conspiracy against Caesar

Mark Antony

Caesar's loyal friend and avenger

Portia

Brutus's wife, daughter of Cato

Casca

Conspirator; first to strike Caesar

Calpurnia

Caesar's wife

Octavius

Caesar's heir, later Augustus

Decius

Conspirator who lures Caesar to the Senate

Soothsayer

Warns Caesar to beware the Ides of March

Lepidus

Third member of the ruling triumvirate

Titinius

Friend and officer of Cassius

Messala

Roman officer, friend of Brutus and Cassius

Lucilius

Officer loyal to Brutus; impersonates him in battle

Flavius

Tribune of the people; scolds the crowd for celebrating Caesar

Marullus

Tribune of the people; delivers the passionate opening rebuke of the crowd

Artemidorus

Teacher of rhetoric who tries to warn Caesar of the conspiracy

Lucius

Brutus's young servant; falls asleep playing lute on the night of the ghost

Cinna

Conspirator who places the forged letters to draw Brutus in

Metellus Cimber

Conspirator whose kneeling petition to Caesar is the signal for the assassination

Cinna The Poet

Poet torn apart by the mob who mistake him for Cinna the conspirator