Caesar is in the midst of festivities in the street with his wife Calpurnia, Antony, Brutus, Portia Brutus' wife, Decius, Cicero, Cassius, and Casca. The two tribunes follow them. They are celebrating the Feast of Lupercal. Caesar tells Antony to remember to strike Calpurnia with the thong of goatskin as he makes his way through the street. Such an action was believed to cure barrenness. A soothsayer calls out to Caesar who tells him to "beware the ides of March" (March 15). Caesar dismisses the man as a dreamer.
Everyone but Brutus and Cassius leaves. Cassius asks Brutus if he will run in the race, to which Brutus replies he is not much of a sportsman. Cassius says Brutus has not been himself lately. Brutus apologizes and says he has had conflicting.....
