Abstract
Shakespeare's play Coriolanus is a political tragedy, which exposes the events that took place in Rome in the early days of the Republic. This play is set up around 490 BC, at a time when the city was divided by a conflict between the Patricians and the Plebeians because of shortage of grain. The rebellion initiated in act one is interrupted by a revolt enthused by the Volscians under the leadership of Tullus Aufidius. Caius Martius goes to war with his soldiers and manages, despite a general loss of heart, to capture the city by his own bravery.
