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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. After being adopted by a relative, he used the name Quintus Servilius Caepio Brutus, which was retained
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...
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.
Caius Cassius. Brutus is a high-ranking and well-respected Roman, husband to Portia, and one of Caesar 's murderers. Brutus is torn between his personal affection for Caesar and his political ideals, which are motivated by his abiding loyalty to Rome.
The conspiracy to assassinate Julius Caesar began with a meeting between Cassius Longinus and his brother-in-law Marcus Brutus in the evening of 22 February 44 BC, when after some discussion the two agreed that something had to be done to prevent Caesar from becoming king of the Romans.
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.
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...
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.
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.
