The exact date of the publication of 'Julius Caesar' is not absolutely certain. However, most critics agree that the play was written sometime between 1598 and 1608 - during, or just after, the reign of Queen Elizabeth I.

... The exact date of the publication of 'Julius Caesar' is not absolutely certain. However, most critics agree that the play was written sometime between 1598 and 1608 - during, or just after, the reign of Queen Elizabeth I. 'Julius Caesar' is the first of Shakespeare's three Roman Plays, the other two being 'Antony and Cleopatra' and 'Coriolanus'. As with his other Roman Plays, 'Julius Caesar' is based on Plutarch's 'Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romans' from a translation by Sir Thomas North in 1579 from an earlier French version. The two texts have only minor differences - the majority of the plot is taken from Plutarch and most of the speeches, most significantly excepting Antony's famous oration, are North's words in verse. The play is also greatly influenced by the Elizabethan attitudes prevalent at the time for example, superstition. Several anachronisms are used in the Play - for

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