Scene 2: A public square in Rome
Caesar enters with his entourage, including his wife Calpurnia, Mark Antony, and Brutus. A soothsayer warns Caesar to "Beware the Ides of March," but Caesar dismisses him as a dreamer. Meanwhile, Cassius, a senator, begins planting seeds of doubt in Brutus' mind about Caesar's ambitions. Cassius appeals to Brutus’ sense of honor and fear that Caesar’s rise threatens Rome’s republic. Brutus, though loyal to Caesar, starts to question his motives