Chapter I: Introduction 1

Purpose of Thesis—The Prologue of “Cesare”—Synopsis of its
Plot—Its Senecan Characteristics—The Dramatis Personae—Persons
Common to both “Cesare” and “Julius Caesar”—The Relation of
“Cesare” to its Predecessors—Contemporary Notice by Beni—The
Material derived from Classical Sources used by both Shakespeare
and Pescetti—Appian, Pescetti’s Main Source—Pescetti the Source
of the Historical Matter in “Julius Caesar” not traceable to
Plutarch.