Lucius Junius Brutus was the founder of the Roman Republic and traditionally one of the first consuls in 509 BC. He was claimed as an ancestor of the Roman gens Junia, including Marcus Junius Brutus and Decimus Junius Brutus, the most famous of Caesar's assassins.
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“Here, under leave of Brutus and the rest—
For Brutus is an honorable man;
So are they all, all honorable men -
Come I to speak in Caesar’s funeral.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
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