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Marcus Junius Brutus (/ ˈ b r uː t ə s /; Latin pronunciation: [ˈmaːrkʊs juːniʊs ˈbruːtʊs]; c. 85 BC – 23 October 42 BC) was a Roman politician, orator, and the most famous of the assassins of Julius Caesar.
Marcus Junius Brutus, Roman politician, one of the leaders in the conspiracy that assassinated Julius Caesar in 44 BCE. Brutus was the son of Marcus Junius Brutus (who was treacherously killed by Pompey the Great in 77) and Servilia (who later became Caesar’s lover).
Sep 14, 2023 · Marcus Junius Brutus (85-42 BCE) was a Roman politician and a leading figure in the assassination of Julius Caesar in 44 BCE. Although he was granted amnesty after the Ides of March, a new civil war...
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Jun 11, 2018 · Marcus Junius Brutus (ca. 85-42 B.C.) was a Roman statesman and one of the conspirators who assassinated Julius Caesar. Brutus's contemporaries admired him for his political integrity and intellectual and literary attainments.
Apr 2, 2014 · Marcus Brutus is best known for being a part of the assassination of Julius Caesar. Updated: Apr 5, 2021. Photo: Hulton Archive/Getty Images. (85-42) Synopsis. Marcus Junius Brutus was...
Aug 12, 2022 · Marcus Junius Brutus led the conspiracy to assassinate Julius Caesar in 44 B.C.E., then later died by suicide after losing a battle to Caesar's heir. Before his name became synonymous with betrayal, Brutus was just trying to uphold democracy.
To honor his adoptive father, the young man started to call himself Marcus Junius Brutus Caepio. In 59, a man named Vettius declared that Brutus and several other men were part of a conspiracy to kill Pompey.
Mar 15, 2022 · Marcus Junius Brutus (circa 85 B.C.E. to 42 B.C.E.) was a real person — a Roman statesman who was torn between his loyalty to Caesar, a longtime protector, and his loyalty to the Roman Republic. Ultimately, Brutus saw Caesar's tyranny as the greatest threat and, with his co-conspirator Gaius Cassius Longinus, instigated a Senate plot to kill him.
Sep 1, 2021 · One of the assassination’s leading planners, Marcus Junius Brutus, had prepared to deliver a speech celebrating the Roman Republic’s restoration right after Caesar’s murder. He was shocked to...
Marcus Brutus, Roman general, one of the conspirators in Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar. Though he is Caesar’s friend and a man of honour, Brutus joins in the conspiracy against Caesar’s life, convincing himself that Caesar’s death is for the greater good of Rome.
