Brutus

Marcus Junius Brutus, 85? B.C.-42 B.C., was the principal assassin of Julius Caesar.

Brutus had sided with Pompey in the intrigues among the Triumverate, but after the battle of Pharsala (48 B.C.), Caesar pardoned him. Nevertheless, he joined Caius Cassius Longinus in the plot against Caesar. After Caesar’s murder (44 B.C.), Brutus went east and was defeated at Philippi in 42 B.C. by Octavian and Antony, upon which misfortune he committed suicide.

Pantagruelion
October 24, 2001