biography
| name: |
Brutus, Marcus Junius
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pronunciation:
[brootus]
| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (c.85–42 BC)
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| biography:
| Roman politician. He sided with Pompey when the civil war broke out, but submitted to Caesar, and was appointed Governor of Cisalpine Gaul. He divorced his wife to marry Portia, the daughter of his master, Cato. Cassius persuaded him to join the conspiracy against Caesar (44 BC); but, defeated by Mark Antony and Octavian at Philippi, he killed himself. |
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