Marcus Junius Brutus the Younger, Roman general and politician (born 85 BC)

Marcus Junius Brutus

Roman politician and assassin of Julius Caesar (85–42 BC)

Marcus Junius Brutus was a Roman politician, orator, and the most famous of the assassins of Julius Caesar. After being adopted by a relative, he used the name Quintus Servilius Caepio Brutus, which was retained as his legal name. He is often referred to simply as Brutus.