<span>1.William Shakespeare - most scholars accept this candidate.
2. Edward de Vere - a famous writer who wrote Shakespeare's plays on the side of a philosophical and political career.
3. Francis Bacon - has biographical information that seems to match some events in Shakespeare's work.
4. Christopher Marlowe - a spy who faked his death but continued to write plays under the name of Shakespeare.</span>
I think Ceasar did not read the letter from Artemidorus because he believed that personal matters (since the letter was adresssed to him) came after the important matters of State. He also thought Artemidorus to be 'mad'.
