Biography Of Marcus Junius Brutus

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Marcus Junius Brutus was born circa 85 BCE, possibly in Rome, by Marcus Junius Brutus, a politician killed by Pompey the Great, and Servilia, who would later on become Caesar’s mistress. Brutus was adopted by his uncle; Cato the Younger, after the death of his father took the name Quintus Caepio Brutus, and moved to Cyprus, where his Cato was governor. Cato raised Brutus on the Hellenistic philosophies of Stoicism. Brutus became Cato’s assistant and was in charge of handling loans. In 53 BC, Brutus held the position of a quaestor, accountant appointed by the government, collecting taxes in Cilicia. In the next few years, Brutus was a military commander in Cilicia and Macedonia. He supported the traditionalist section of the Senate that opposed