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Brutus, Lucius Junius

Bru tus, Lucius Junius |ˈbro͞otəs ˈbrudəs | (6th century bc ), legendary founder of the Roman Republic. Traditionally, he led a popular uprising, after the rape of Lucretia, against his uncle, the king, and drove him from Rome.

 

Brutus, Marcus Junius

Bru tus, Marcus Junius |ˈbro͞otəs ˈbrudəs | (85 –42 bc ), Roman senator. With Cassius he led the conspirators who assassinated Julius Caesar in 44. They were defeated by Caesar's supporters, Antony and Octavian, at the battle of Philippi in 42, after which he committed suicide.

 

Oxford Dictionary

Brutus

Bru ¦tus |ˈbruːtəs | a legendary Trojan hero, great-grandson of Aeneas and supposed ancestor of the British people. In medieval legend he was said to have brought a group of Trojans to England and founded Troynovant or New Troy (London ).

 

Brutus, Lucius Junius

Bru ¦tus |ˈbruːtəs | legendary founder of the Roman Republic. Traditionally he led a popular uprising, after the rape of Lucretia, against the king (his uncle ) and drove him from Rome. He and the father of Lucretia were elected as the first consuls of the Republic (509 bc ).

 

Brutus, Marcus Junius

Bru ¦tus |ˈbruːtəs | (85 –42 bc ), Roman senator. With Cassius he led the conspirators who assassinated Julius Caesar in 44. They were defeated by Caesar's supporters, Antony and Octavian, at the battle of Philippi in 42, after which Brutus committed suicide.

 

Duden Dictionary

Brutus

Bru tus Eigenname |Br u tus |römischer Eigenname

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

Brutus

Bru tus /brúːtəs /名詞 ブルータス Marcus Junius /mɑ́ː r kəs -dʒúːnjəs |-dʒúːniəs /, 85?--42 b.c.; ローマの政治家でCaesarの暗殺者 〙.