Companion lectures and interviews:
Katharina Volk on the lives of Cicero and Caesar:
Stephen Greenblatt on Shakespeare's Guide to Love:
Recommended books:
David Lowenthal, Shakespeare's Thought, Amazon (affiliate)
Chapter 4 explores the “Caesar wanted to die” thesis
John Alvis, Shakespeare's Understanding Of Honor, Amazon (affiliate)
Colin Burrow, Shakespeare and Classical Antiquity, Amazon (affiliate)
René Girard, Theatre of Envy, Amazon (affiliate)
Scott F. Crider, With What Persuasion, Amazon (affiliate)
Frank Kermode, Shakespeare’s Language, Amazon (affiliate)
Paul Cantor, Shakespeare’s Rome, Amazon (affiliate)
Will America Fall Like Rome? Shakespeare's Julius Caesar Explained