Ī house containing a table inscribed with his name is found in Pompeii. However, this appears to be the god Neptune rather than a portrait of Casca. He seems to have died, probably by suicide, in the aftermath of their defeat at the Battle of Philippi, in October 42 BC.Ĭasca is commemorated on a coin along with Brutus, in which a bearded figure is depicted next to his name. Casca joined Marcus Junius Brutus and Gaius Cassius Longinus, the leaders of the assassins, during the Liberators' civil war against the Second Triumvirate, Caesar's former supporters. In writing Julius Caesar, Shakespeare chiefly drew on the events in the lives of the historical figures of Brutus, Caesar, and Antony, which he took from biographies written by Plutarch, called Parallel Lives (translated by Thomas North as The Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romans in 1579). After the assassination he fled Rome, and his colleague in the tribunate, Publius Titius, had him deprived of his office. Casca simultaneously shouted to his brother in Greek, "Brother, help me!" The other assassins then joined in.Īt the time Casca held the office of tribune of the plebs. Caesar replied "Casca, you villain, what are you doing?" and tussled with him for several seconds.
Casca struck the first blow, attacking Caesar from behind and hitting his bare shoulders, after Tillius Cimber had distracted the dictator by grabbing his toga. He is believed to have died by suicide after their defeat at the Battle of Philippi in 42 BC.ĭespite his being initially a childhood friend of Caesar, Casca and his brother Titedius joined in the assassination. Afterwards, Casca fought with the liberators during the Liberators' civil war. He and several other senators conspired to kill him, a plan which they carried out on 15 March, 44 BC. Alexander romances than Shakespeares Julius Caesar when it comes to. The interchange indicates Caesar’s arrogance, the tragic flaw that leads to his betrayal and death. Few men have held more sway over their world than Gaius Julius Caesar and. Caesar dismisses him: He is a dreamer let us leave him: pass. 42 BC) was one of the assassins of Julius Caesar. James Mason as Brutus In Act I, Scene 2 of Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar, a soothsayer warns Caesar to take heed of the Ides of March.
Cimber (centre) holds out the petition and pulls at Caesar's tunic, while Casca behind prepares to strike: painting by Karl von Piloty.
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