Julius Caesar

noun

1. Gaius Julius Caesar.
2. (italics) a tragedy (1600?) by Shakespeare.
3. a walled plain in the first quadrant of the face of the moon: about 55 miles (88 km) in diameter.

Julius Caesar

noun

1. See Caesar

Julius Caesar

¹

1. A tragedy by William Shakespeare , dealing with the assassination of Julius Caesar and its aftermath. Some famous lines from the play are “ Et tu, Brute? ” “ Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears ,” and “Yon Cassius has a lean and hungry look .”

Julius Caesar

²

1. A Roman general and dictator in the first century b.c. In military campaigns to secure Roman rule over the province of Gaul, present-day France , he gained much prestige. The Roman senate, fearing his power, ordered him to disband his army, but Caesar refused, crossed the Rubicon River, returned to Rome with his army, and made himself dictator. On a subsequent campaign in Asia , he reported to the senate, “ I came, I saw, I conquered .” Caesar was assassinated by his friend Brutus (see also Brutus ) and others on the ides of March in 44 b.c.

Example Sentences

Three countertenors have been cast, including as Julius Caesar, a vocally demanding role often given to a mezzo-soprano.

From New York Times

As usual, two abbreviated Backyard Bard stagings will be offered for those who prefer Bill bite-sized: “All’s Well That Ends Well” and “Julius Caesar.”

From Seattle Times

In the video, she has the quote, “Et tu, Brute” from William Shakespeare’s "Julius Caesar" written on her chair as a reference to West stabbing her in the back.

From Salon

Now hop on over to the Roman Empire and Julius Caesar.

From Seattle Times

While North Carolinians pronounce the second syllable so it rhymes with “bored,” New Hampshire, Massachusetts and California are among those who favor something closer to — in the words of Julius Caesar — “conquered.”

From Seattle Times