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Brutus
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Assassin of Julius Caesar

  Photos by Bill Storage and Laura Maish
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Marcus Junius Brutus (85 BC � 42 BC, Quintus Servilius Caepio Brutus), was a Roman senator, famous for being a central figure in the assassination of Julius Caesar. He was a descendant of Junius Brutus, founder of Rome, and was a nephew of Cato the Younger.


Photos:
1) Stained bust of Brutus, Phoebe Apperson Hearst Museum of Anthropology, UC Berkeley
2) So-called "Brutus", Museo Nazionale Romano.


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