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Brutus In The Assassination Of Brutus Caesar

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Brutus is one of the main plotters in Caesars assassination. Brutus truly beloved that Rome is better off without Caesar. But, Brutus wasn’t alone in the assassination of caesar there was also Cassius, he was very ambitious and greedy. He was smarter than Brutus as well. Brutes’ main belief is the goddess of people. And cassias belief was to take the throne from the over powered. At first, Brutus’s motivations were to stay low in the assassination. After a long conversation with Cassius, he was convinced that he needed to kill Caesar. He had thought was going to do something good for Rome. He believed that one man shouldn’t take advantage and ruin other peoples lives. Brutus is very honorable and had a high reputation. He is a good leader

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