Cleopatra the Great
“The plot was ostensibly led by the son of Caesar’s old friend and former lover of Servilia, Lucius Junius Brutus, who had been a supporter of Pompeius until his defeat at Pharsalus. Then, as a favour to his mother, Caesar had employed both him and his brother Decimus. Yet the family had a long tradition of Republicanism: their ancestor Lucius Brutus had expelled Rome’s last king in the seventh century BC. And when graffiti appeared on one of Caesar’s statues claiming that ‘Brutus was elected co...nsul when he sent the kings away, Caesar sent his consuls packing and Caesar is our king today’, the words ‘If only you were alive now!’ were soon added to the base of a statue of Lucius Brutus.
Like many of the Republican elite his descendant had been raised to believe it was his duty to remove tyrants (usually defined as those regarded as having seized power illegally) and restore liberty. Brutus’ romantic notions of regicide were soon exploited by his more pragmatic brother-in-law Cassius, who had also switched to Caesar’s side after Pharsalus.MoreLess
Like many of the Republican elite his descendant had been raised to believe it was his duty to remove tyrants (usually defined as those regarded as having seized power illegally) and restore liberty. Brutus’ romantic notions of regicide were soon exploited by his more pragmatic brother-in-law Cassius, who had also switched to Caesar’s side after Pharsalus.MoreLess
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