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- 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.
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Marcus Junius Brutus ( / ˈbruːtəs /; Latin pronunciation: [ˈmaːrkʊs juːniʊs ˈbruːtʊs]; c. 85 BC – 23 October 42 BC) was a Roman politician, orator, [2] 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 as his legal name.
Sep 14, 2023 · The four principal leaders of the plot were Gaius Trebonius, who had organized the siege of Massilia and fought with Caesar in Spain; Decimus Brutus, who was one of Caesar's former commanders; Gaius Cassius Longinus, who had served under Crassus and Pompey; and lastly, Marcus Junius Brutus.
- Donald L. Wasson
Brutus became a member of the senior priesthood of the pontifices and from 47 to 45 governed Cisalpine Gaul (now northern Italy) for Caesar. Caesar appointed him city praetor (a high-ranking magistrate) in 44 with Gaius Cassius Longinus, and he named Brutus and Cassius in advance as consuls for 41. Brutus married Cato’s daughter Porcia after ...
- E. Badian
- What was Brutus’s childhood like?Brutus was the son of Marcus Junius Brutus (who was treacherously killed by Pompey the Great in 77 BCE) and Servilia (who later became Caesar’s lov...
- What was Brutus famous for?Brutus was one of the leaders of the conspiracy that assassinated Julius Caesar. Long optimistic about Caesar’s plans, Brutus was shocked when, ear...
- How did Brutus die?After Caesar’s assassination, Brutus and Cassius were driven from Rome and gradually seized all the Roman East. In late 42 they met Mark Antony and...
May 15, 2015 · The next two conspirators were obviously not friends of Caesar: Gaius Cassius Longinus who had served with both Crassus and Pompey as a naval commander and who some believe conceived the plot (Caesar certainly did not trust him), and lastly, the greedy and arrogant Marcus Junius Brutus who had also served under Pompey and who was the brother-in ...
Mar 15, 2018 · Shakespeare puts two men in charge of the plot to kill Caesar, Brutus and Gaius Cassius Longinus (he of the famous “lean and hungry look”). Shakespeare mentions Decimus but misspells his name...
Gaius Cassius Longinus (died 42 bc, near Philippi, Macedonia [now in Greece]) was the prime mover in the conspiracy to assassinate Julius Caesar in 44 bc. Little is known of his early life. As a quaestor in 53 bc, Cassius served under Marcus Licinius Crassus and saved the remnants of the Roman army defeated by the Parthians at Carrhae (modern ...
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Marcus Junius Brutus, former Pompeian, the fifth and last of the assassins to wound Caesar, in the groin; Gaius Cassius Longinus, former Pompeian, the second assassin to strike Caesar, in the face; Decimus Junius Brutus Albinus, former Caesarian, the fourth assassin to land a wound on Caesar (a stab to the thigh)
