Julius Caesar: Study Guide - SparkNotes

caesar playShakespeare may have written Julius Caesar as the first of his plays to be performed at the Globe, in 1599. For it, he turned to a key event in Roman history: Caesar'sJulius Caesar is a tragedy about the assassination of the Roman dictator, Julius Caesar, and the aftermath of his death. The play is set in ancient Rome and focuses on the conspiracy to kill Caesar , led by the senators Brutus