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Rare gold 'Brutus' coin minted after Julius Caesar's murder is up for auction
A rare coin minted by Marcus Junius Brutus after he helped assassinate Julius Caesar will go to auction next week. The gold coin — one of only 17 of its kind known to exist — dates to 43 or 42 ...
‘Brutus Condemning His Sons to Death’: A Tragic Dilemma
The tragi-heroic Lucius Junius Brutus (546 B.C.-506 B.C., not to be confused with Marcus Junius Brutus, the assassin of ...
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$2M Roman coin makes us wonder: What's the future of change?
Late last year a coin featuring a depiction of the Roman Senator Marcus Junius Brutus, Julius Caesar’s assassin, sold at auction for a little over $2 million. It is one of just 17 known coins of ...
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What Is the Ides of March?
On this day, in 44 BCE, the group of senators, including Marcus Junius Brutus and Gaius Cassius Longinus, close associates and friends of Caesar, assassinated the most powerful man in the Republic ...