Brutus
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Brutus is a Roman cognomen used by several politicians of the Junii family, especially in the Roman Republic. The plural of Brutus is Bruti, and the vocative form is Brute, as immortalized in the quotation "Et tu, Brute?".
[edit] Ancient Romans with this name
For the Brutus who was the most famous of Julius Caesar's assassins, see Marcus Junius Brutus Caepio. Other notable ancient Romans with this cognomen include:
- Lucius Junius Brutus — traditional founder of the Republic, whose sons were
- Tiberius Junius Brutus — rebel
- Titus Junius Brutus — rebel
- Gnaeus Junius Brutus — first plebeian Junius Brutus
- Decimus Junius Brutus — consul in 77 BC
- Decimus Junius Brutus Albinus — commander and another one of Caesar's assassins.
- Decimus Junius Brutus Callaicus — commander and consul of Hispania Ulterior from 138 BC to 136 BC
- Decimus Junius Brutus Scaeva — two men:
- Gaius Junius Bubulcus Brutus — three men:
- Lucius Junius Brutus Damasippus — praetor
[edit] Other people and things called Brutus
- Brutus (Cicero), a history of Roman oratory by Cicero, named after Caesar's assassin
- Brutus of Troy who, according to legend, founded Britain
- Brutus Greenshield, legendary king of the Britons
- Brutus de Villeroi, 19th century French engineer
- Bluto (sometimes known as "Brutus"), a cartoon character from "Popeye"
- Brutus Buckeye, the mascot of the Ohio State University
- Brutus, New York, a town in Cayuga County, New York, in the USA
- Brutus Jeans, maker of denim apparel in the 1970s and '80s
- Brutus (software), a password cracking tool
- Brutus Soporte (Soporte), a DBA
- Brutus (band), a Dutch death metal band
- Brutus (Canadian band), a 1970s Canadian band
- Brutus (rapper), a Dutch rapper
- "Junius Brutus", the pen name of the author Charles Blount
- "Brutus" , the pen name of Robert Yates
- Brutus (1862 - 1884), one of the eight South Devon Railway Dido class steam locomotives
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