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[[Image:Brutus.jpg|thumb|200px|right|Marcus Junius Brutus]]
[[Image:Brutus.jpg|thumb|200px|right|Marcus Junius Brutus]]
'''Marcus Junius Brutus''' was a [[Roman]] politician most famous for the assassination of [[Julius Caesar]]. He was the son of the Roman matron [[Servilia]], and the nephew of the Roman statesman [[Cato the Younger]]. He was an early opponent of Caesar and a backer of the Roman general [[Pompey]], but after Pompey's defeat at the [[Battle of Pharsalus]], Caesar pardoned him and showed him favor.
'''Marcus Junius Brutus''' was a [[Roman]] politician most famous for the assassination of [[Julius Caesar]]. He was the son of the Roman matron [[Servilia]], and the nephew of the Roman statesman [[Cato the Younger]]. He was an early opponent of Caesar and a [[backer]] of the Roman general [[Pompey]], but after Pompey's defeat at the [[Battle of Pharsalus]], Caesar pardoned him and showed him favor.
When a number of plotters came to believe that Caesar was acting like a tyrant and decided to kill him, they set out to win Brutus over to their side. Brutus was especially vulnerable to their appeals because he was descended from the founder of the Roman Republic, who founded the Republic by assassinating a tyrannical king. Caesar was assassinated on the Ides of March, 44 BC.
When a number of plotters came to believe that Caesar was acting like a tyrant and decided to kill him, they set out to win Brutus over to their side. Brutus was especially vulnerable to their appeals because he was descended from the founder of the Roman Republic, who founded the Republic by assassinating a tyrannical king. Caesar was assassinated on the Ides of March, 44 BC.