Brutus explains to the people that the cause of Caesar's assassination was the preservation of the Roman Republic from Caesar's ambition to be king. Mark Antony, bringing in Caesar's body, refutes Brutus's charge of ambition against Caesar, displays Caesar's wounds, and reveals that Caesar had made the common people his heirs. Inflamed by Antony's words, the people set off to attack the conspirators. A servant then informs Antony that Octavius Caesar, Antony's ally, has come to Rome and that Brutus and Cassius have been forced to flee.
Brutus explains to the people that the cause of Caesar's assassination was the preservation of the Roman Republic from Caesar's ambition to be king. Mark Antony, bringing in Caesar's body, refutes Brutus's charge of ambition against Caesar, displays Caesar's wounds, and reveals that Caesar had made the common people his heirs. Inflamed by Antony's words, the people set off to attack the conspirators. A servant then informs Antony that Octavius Caesar, Antony's ally, has come to Rome and that Brutus and Cassius have been forced to flee.