Is "Friends, Romans, ..." a historical speech?

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@YannisRizos answered the question.

It is not known what he said, but the result was that the Roman masses became very angry with Caesar's murderers, burnt down their houses and made them flee from he city. Livius

Appian's transcript of Mark Anthony's funeral oration, suggests that Shakespeare wrote for the stage, not for historical accuracy (although this is a record of what was said, not a transcript).

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