BRUTUS, MARCUS JUNIUS


Meaning of BRUTUS, MARCUS JUNIUS in English

or Quintus Caepio Brutus

born 85

died 42 BC, near Philippi, Macedonia

Roman politician, leader of the conspirators who assassinated Julius Caesar in 44 BC.

He joined Gaius Cassius formed an army in Macedonia; Brutus defeated the Caesarians under Octavian ({{link=Augustus, Caesar">Augustus ) in the first engagement of the Battle of Philippi , but Mark Antony and Octavian crushed his army in a second encounter. Realizing the republican cause was lost, Brutus committed suicide.

Marcus Brutus, marble bust; in the Capitoline Museum, Rome

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