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Brutus: Hero of Shakespeare's Julius Ceasar

Rome’s soon to be leader committed suicide on the hills near Philippi; he died just two years after killing the great Julius Caesar. Brutus was forced to join a conspiracy against the emperor, with which he was branded for the rest of his life a traitor. After his oration at Caesar’s funeral, he became the desired king. A war against his enemies tore from him: his marriage, his friendship, and his life.
Cassius had an evil plot of killing the Caesar, the dictator-like ruler of Rome.
Though in order to succeed he needed to high position the Marcus Brutus possessed.
Using trickery, he persuaded that what Rome needed was not a dictator but a monarch, and that Brutus could change this if he wished. Time was wasted before he agreed to join, but joining the band of brothers out he cleanse Rome of Caesar forever marked Brutus a...

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