Caesar comments on the stormy weather and tells a servant to have the priests carry out a sacrifice and tell him what is in store. Calpurnia, Caesar's wife, begs him to stay home because of the terrible signs occurring in the city: a lion has given birth in the streets, the dead have emerged from their graves, and warriors fight among the clouds. She has never been superstitious, but not all of this can be ignored. She has also dreamed that Caesar will be assassinated. Caesar replies that he will go out, and that if the gods have determined he is to die, there is nothing he can do about it. He also says that such signs could be meant for anyone. Calpurnia disagrees saying, "When beggars die there are no.....
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