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  Marcus Junius Brutus - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Marcus Junius Brutus Caepio (85 BC 42 BC), or simply Brutus, was a Roman senator of the late Roman Republic.
Brutus was the son of Decimus Junius Brutus, a relatively unimportant politician, and Servilia Caepionis, half-sister of Cato the younger and mistress of Julius Caesar.
Dante considered Brutus to be the epitome of shameful betrayal, and in his Inferno section of the Divine Comedy (Inferno, XXXIV, 64-67), portrayed Brutus being chewed, but never consumed, by Satan, along with Judas Iscariot and Cassius at the very lowest level of Hell.
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 The Internet Classics Archive | Marcus Brutus by Plutarch
Marcus Brutus was descended from that Junius Brutus to whom the ancient Romans erected a statue of brass in the capitol among the images of their kings with a drawn sword in his hand, in remembrance of his courage and resolution in expelling the Tarquins and destroying the monarchy.
Brutus growing very faint, and there being none in the whole army that had anything for him to eat, his servants were forced to have recourse to the enemy, and, going as far as to the gates of the city, begged bread of the sentinels that were upon duty.
Brutus at first sent out a party of horse which, surprising them as they were eating, killed six hundred of them, and afterward, having taken all their small towns and villages round about, he set all his prisoners free without ransom, hoping to win the whole nation by good-will.
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 Marcus Junius Brutus -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
Brutus was the son of Decimus Junius Brutus, a relatively unimportant politician, and (additional info and facts about Servilia Caepionis) Servilia Caepionis, half-sister of (additional info and facts about Cato the younger) Cato the younger and mistress of (Conqueror of Gaul and master of Italy (100-44 BC)) Julius Caesar.
Brutus' uncle (additional info and facts about Quintus Servilius Caepio) Quintus Servilius Caepio adopted him when he was a young man and Brutus added his (The name used to identify the members of a family (as distinguished from each member's given name)) cognomen to his own name.
In Athens, Brutus dedicated himself to the study of philosophy and, no less importantly, to the raising of funds and levying of soldiers to form (A large military unit) legions.
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 Plutarch's Lives: Marcus Brutus   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
Brutus took ship from hence, and sailed to Athens where he was received by the people with great demonstrations of kindness, expressed in their acclamations and the honors that were decreed him.
Brutus, as soon as he was assured of the defeat of Cassius, made haste to him; but heard nothing of his death till he came near his camp.
Brutus, smiling with much meaning, said to Volumnius, "It is all drunk; but you shall have some more fetched." But he that had brought the first water, being sent again, was in great danger of being taken by the enemy, and, having received a wound, with much difficulty escaped.
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 Brutus
Marcus Junius Brutus was born in or about 85 BCE, as the eldest son of a Roman politician with the same name, a man who never made it to the top.
Brutus was now considered to be a friend of Caesar, who sent him on an important mission to the east, made him governor of Cisalpine Gaul (i.e., the Po plains) in the years 46-45, choose him as praetor for the year 44 and promised him the consulate in 41.
Brutus had shown that he had, to use a word of Cicero, 'the courage of a man and the brains of child'.
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 Brutus   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
Marcus Cato the philosopher was brother unto Servilia, Marcus Brutus' mother: whom Brutus studied most to follow of all the other Romans, because he was his uncle, and afterwards he married his daughter.
Brutus therefore, to prevent him, went presently with a few of his men in the midst of winter when it did snow hard, and took his way through hard and foul countries, and made such speed indeed, that he was there long before Antonius' sumpters that carried the victuals.
Brutus being very faint, and having nothing in his camp to eat, his soldiers were compelled to go to their enemies; and coming to the gates of the city, they prayed the warders to help them to bread.
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 Marcus Junius Brutus, 85-42 BC   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
There are even confused indications in some sources (of dubious authenticity) that Brutus was adopted into the Caepio family and, thus, is the young Caepio originally affianced to Julia, Caesar's daughter before Caesar broke off her engagement and married his daughter to Pompey.
Cicero, discovering Brutus' acts when he became governor of Cilicia, was frankly appalled and wrote to Atticus at wearisome length; he also remonstrated with Brutus at his ruthless pillaging of the Salamian populace.
Brutus escaped the debacle of Pompey's defeat and, traveling to Larissa, wrote Caesar, who invited Brutus to join his inner circle and pardoned him on the spot.
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 Marcus Junius Brutus
Marcus Junius Brutus Caepio (85 BC-42 BC), or simply Brutus, was a Roman politician of the late Roman Republic.
Brutus was the son of Marcus Junius Brutus, a relatively unimportant politician, and Servilia Caepionis, half-sister of Cato the younger and mistress of Julius Caesar.
When civil war broke in 49 BC between Pompey and Caesar, Brutus followed his old enemy and present leader of the Optimates, Pompey.
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 Julius Ceaser Essay: Brutus Character Analysis Marcus Brutus
Marcus Brutus, a servant and close friend to Caesar, has a strong relationship with Caesar but a stronger relationship with Rome and its people.
Brutus will also be the leader of the conspiracy for another "insurance policy" for the assassination.
Brutus would not be there to have an army or kill himself, and Cassius will already be beheaded.
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And when Brutus asked him in how much better a condition he hoped to be a year after, his answer was, "If I gain nothing else, yet I shall live so much the longer." Cassius was much displeased at this answer; and among the rest, Attellius was had in much disesteem for it.
After defeating these, the enemy at once took Brutus in the rear, who all the while did all that was possible for an expert general and valiant soldier, doing everything in the peril, by counsel and by hand, that might recover the victory.
Here Marcus, the son of Cato, was slain, fighting and behaving himself with great bravery in the midst of the youth of the highest rank and greatest valour.
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 PlanetPapers - Characterzation of Marcus Brutus   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
Marcus Brutus was a senator who was well respected by everyone in Rome.
Brutus says that he "owes more tears to this dead man than you shall see me pay." (Act 5, Scene 3) Even though some of Brutus's feelings are breaking through his usual stoic attitude he still shows little emotion towards his friends death.
Marcus Brutus was a very complex character composed of many traits.
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 PlanetPapers - Brutus Character Analysis
After examining Brutus' relationship to Caesar, his involvement in the conspiracy, and his importance to the plot, the truth can be revealed.
Brutus also declares to himself that his role in the conspiracy is to save Rome.
Brutus joined this mainly because he didn't want Caesar to turn his back on Rome so there would be a reasonable reason for killing Caesar.
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 Free-TermPapers.com - Marcus Brutus
Marcus Brutus William Shakespeare's play, The Tragedy of Julius Caesar, is mainly based on the assassination of Julius Caesar.
Brutus wanted the kill Caesar, because he believed that all of the people of Rome would eventually be slaves, thus Brutus resorted to the assassination ofCaesar.(Ferguson 145) After the assassination of Julius Caesar, Brutus talks to Antony about Caesar's death.
Brutus will also be the leader of the conspiracy for another insurance policy for the assassination.(47) Cassius is the one who declares this, Brutus shall lead the way, and we will grace his heels with the most boldest and best hearts of Rome.
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 Marcus Junius Brutus biography
As commander of the Republican right, Brutus repulsed Octavianus; but Cassius, overcome by Antony and feeling that their cause was lost; made an end of himself.
His wife Porcia, daughter of Cato Uticensis, is said by Plutarch and others to have committed suicide by swallowing red-hot coals.
He was at one time a relentless usurer and did not scruple to apply to Cicero as Governor of Cilicia for power to make unlawful exactions.
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 Brutus, Marcus Junius
Brutus joined the optimates (who aimed to increase the authority of the Senate) on the outbreak of civil war in 49
After Caesar's murder, Brutus spent a short time in Italy before taking possession of his province of Macedonia.
Brutus inflicted a sharp reverse on Octavian's soldiers in the first battle, but could not prevent the defeat and suicide of Cassius.
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 Brutus, Marcus
Brutus in Julius Caesar, as portrayed by James Mason, 1953
Though he is Caesar's friend and a man of high honour, Brutus nevertheless convinces himself to join in the conspiracy against Caesar's life, believing that Caesar's death is for the greater good.
Twice visited by the ghost of Caesar, he ignores Cassius's advice to withdraw their forces from the plains at Philippi, loses the battle with Antony and Octavius, and takes his own life.
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 Study Notes, Julius Caesar
Brutus apparently believes that any showing of emotions is a sign of weakness, and that emotions must be overcome at all costs.
Brutus states his belief that Caesar has not truly done any wrong.
Brutus explains that they had to kill Caesar, to keep Rome from having a single king.
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 Marcus Brutus, a Tragic Hero FastEssay.com
Brutus fits Bradley’s definition of a tragic hero because he was a person admired by many in his position socially and militarily, he caused his own downfall and he had character flaws.
Brutus is a tragic hero because of these three facts.
Brutus was a person admired by many in h...
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Tum Brutus: ista vero, inquit, quam necessaria fuerint non facile dixerim; iucunda certe mihi fuerunt neque solum non longa, sed etiam breviora quam vellem.
Tum Brutus: non est, inquit, ista causa quam dicis, quam ob rem de iis qui vivunt nihil velis dicere.
254 Tum Brutus: amice hercule, inquit, et magnifice te laudatum puto, quem non solum principem atque inventorem copiae dixerit, quae erat magna laus, sed etiam bene meritum de populi Romani nomine et dignitate.
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 Marcus Brutus
Marcus Brutus was an influential Roman who was a supporter of Julius Caesar, then turned against him and helped kill him.
Find out more about why Brutus what he did here.
Marcus Brutus wasn't the only famous man named Brutus in ancient Rome.
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 brutus roman history   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
Eventually Brutus became a leader in the conspiracy to assassinate
During the days of the Republic, it was illegal to put the face of a living man on a coin.
Instead, men chose to put the portraits of their ancestors on the coin they were issuing, as Brutus did with this coin.
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 Marcus Brutus Term Papers, Essay Research Paper Help, Essays on Marcus Brutus
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 Marcus Junius Brutus   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
Marcus Junius Brutus Caepio (85 BC–42 BC), or simply Brutus, was a Roman senator of the late Roman Republic.
Brutus' uncle Quintus Servilius Caepio adopted him when he was a young man and Brutus added his cognomen to his own name.
They refused but he convinced them to get the job done.
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Just trust that if "Marcus Brutus" weren't the hitter, but the hitt-ee, he'd be "Marcum Brutum."
Marcus Brutus [a man's name] say: mar-koos bru-toos; mar-koom, etc.
We'll not say "Brutus killed Caesar" but rather "Brutus is killing Caesar." "Caesar sees Brutus." The "is...ing" or the "...s" form is the simplest form: think of it as newspaper headlines...or the report from that frantic fellow running toward you down the street.....
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 Ancient History Sourcebook: Plutarch: The Assassination of Julius Caesar, from Marcus Brutus
Ancient History Sourcebook: Plutarch: The Assassination of Julius Caesar, from Marcus Brutus
Plutarch: The Assassination of Julius Caesar, from Marcus Brutus (excerpts)
The very place too where the senate was to meet seemed to be by divine appointment favourable to their purpose.
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 The Brutus Miniquest   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
C. Brutus seems to be the essential member of the conspirators.
We need to look at Brutus and find out why he would or would not want to kill Julius.
Marcus Brutus by Plutarch's (translated by John Dryden) (http://www.anx.liverpool.k12.ny.us/staff/Anello/tt/reading/brutus.html)
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 Marcus Brutus by Plutarch
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Brutus to him, and advised him to beware of him, taking hold of his flesh with his hand, "What," he said, "do you think that Brutus will not wait out the time of this little body?" as if he thought none so fit to succeed him in his power as Brutus.
And, though they neither gave nor took any oath of secrecy, nor used any other
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 Shakespeare: Julius Caesar. resources, criticism, sources, theatre, music, film, popular culture, teaching material
Julius Caesar (Audio excerpt from Mankiewicz film 1952) Caesar: Louis Calhern, Cassius: John Gielgud, Cinna: William Cottrell, Brutus: James Mason, Casca: Edmond O'Brien (to listen, click at scene picture from
Set in the underground music scene, with Caesar as a skinhead and Brutus as an undercover cop [http://us.imdb.com/Title?0294595] (Dec. 2001)
Julius Caesar (Audio excerpt from Mankiewicz film 1953) Caesar: Louis Calhern, Cassius: John Gielgud, Cinna: William Cottrell, Brutus: James Mason, Casca: Edmond O'Brien (to listen, click at scene picture from
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