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  2. Marcus Junius Brutus - Wikipedia

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    Marcus Junius Brutus (/ ˈ b r uː t ə s /; Latin pronunciation: [ˈmaːrkʊs juːniʊs ˈbruːtʊs]; c. 85 BC – 23 October 42 BC) was a Roman politician, orator, [2] and the most famous of the assassins of Julius Caesar. After being adopted by a relative, he used the name Quintus Servilius Caepio Brutus, which was retained

  3. Battle of Philippi - Wikipedia

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    After Cassius' death Brutus says "Tis three o'clock, and, Romans, yet ere night / We shall try fortune in a second fight." Otherwise the information is mostly accurate. A fictionalised account of the battle is depicted in the sixth episode of the second season of the HBO television series Rome .

  4. Liberators' civil war - Wikipedia

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    The Liberators' civil war (43–42 BC) was started by the Second Triumvirate to avenge Julius Caesar's assassination.The war was fought by the forces of Mark Antony and Octavian (the Second Triumvirate members, or Triumvirs) against the forces of Caesar's assassins, led by Marcus Junius Brutus and Gaius Cassius Longinus, referred to as the Liberatores.

  5. List of last words - Wikipedia

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    — Gaius Cassius Longinus, Roman senator and general, one of Julius Caesar's assassins (3 October 42 BCE), erroneously believing his comrade Titinius had been captured by Mark Antony's forces at the Battle of Philippi. Cassius then killed himself. "Yes, indeed, we must fly; but not with our feet, but with our hands." [15]: 122

  6. Assassination of Julius Caesar - Wikipedia

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    The former supporters of Caesar among the conspirators did not agree to this. They liked Caesar's reforms, and did not want a purge of Caesar's supporters. However, even they agreed to kill Antony. [32] Brutus disagreed with both. He argued that killing Caesar, and doing nothing else, was the option they should choose.

  7. Julius Caesar (play) - Wikipedia

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    Prince Hamlet asks Polonius about his career as a thespian at university, and Polonius replies: "I did enact Julius Caesar. I was killed in the Capitol. Brutus killed me." This is a likely meta-reference, as Richard Burbage is generally accepted to have played leading men Brutus and Hamlet, and the older John Heminges to have played Caesar and ...

  8. Gaius Cassius Longinus - Wikipedia

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    Cassius, however, was defeated and overrun by Mark Antony and, unaware of Brutus' victory, ordered his freeman Pindarus to help him kill himself. Pindarus fled afterwards and Cassius' head was found severed from his body. [21] He was mourned by Brutus as "the Last of the Romans" and buried in Thassos. [3]

  9. Titinius - Wikipedia

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    Titinius (died 42 BC) was an ancient Roman soldier. He was a centurion in the army of Gaius Cassius Longinus at the Battle of Philippi.After the battle was over, he was sent by Cassius to find out what had happened to the legions commanded by Marcus Junius Brutus; when he did not return as quickly as Cassius had expected, Cassius believed that they had been defeated and so killed himself.