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NAME: Marcus Junius Brutus
OCCUPATION: Political Leader
BIRTH DATE: c. 85 BCE
DEATH DATE: c. 42 BCE
PLACE OF BIRTH: Philippi, Greece
AKA: Quintus Caepio Brutus

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Marcus Brutus is best known for being a part of the assassination of Julius Caesar.

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Marcus Junius Brutus was born 85 BC in Macedonia. Brutus was raised by an uncle, Cato the Younger, in the principles of Stoicism. Following Caesar's self-appointment to perpetual dictator, Brutus joined with Cassius to assassinate Caesar on March 15, 44 BC. Brutus would be driven out and killed himself following a loss in the battle in Philippi.

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