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Marcus Junius Brutus

85–42 BCE · 1st century BCE

Marcus Junius Brutus was a Roman senator who, with Gaius Cassius Longinus, led the conspiracy that killed Julius Caesar on the Ides of March 44 BCE. Claiming to defend the Republic, he left Italy and raised forces in the eastern provinces. After his defeat by Mark Antony and Octavian at the Battle of Philippi in 42 BCE, he took his own life.

Marcus Junius Brutus
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