person
Marcus Junius Brutus
Brutus
also: Brutus
The chief assassin of Julius Caesar and, in 44–42 BC, governor of Asia; the pun turns on his fame as a killer of 'kings' and his ancestor's expulsion of the Tarquins.
Reading notes
- The Odes §2.7 Brutus
M. Brutus, under whom Horace and Pompeius served and fled at Philippi.
- The Satires §1.7 Brutus held rich Asia
Marcus Junius Brutus, Caesar's chief assassin, governed Asia in 44–42 BC; the joke turns on his repute as a slayer of 'kings' (and his ancestor's expulsion of the Tarquins).