# Marcus Junius Brutus: Rome's Most Notorious Traitor — WHE Definition Discussion (1-22209)

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Marcus Junius Brutus (85 BCE to 42 BCE) was a Roman senator most famous for his role in the assassination of Julius Caesar on the Ides of March (15 March) 44 BCE. Said to have been descended from the semi-legendary founder of the Roman Republic, Brutus came to oppose the autocratic behavior shown by Caesar after the latter became dictator. After killing Caesar, Brutus fled east, where he and fellow conspirator Gaius Cassius Longinus put together an army. Brutus was ultimately defeated by Caesar's successors at the Battle of Philippi in 42 BCE and committed suicide shortly thereafter. He is alternately remembered as a noble man who acted in opposition to tyranny or as one of the most notorious traitors in history.

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