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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?".
Ancient Romans with this name
Notable ancient Romans with this cognomen include:
- Marcus Junius Brutus— Caesar's most famous assassin.
- Marcus Junius Brutus the Elder, the father of the aforementioned assassin
- 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
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
- Brutus (schooner of war), a ship in the Texas Navy
- Bluto (sometimes known as "Brutus"), a cartoon character from "Popeye"
- Brutus, a Czech rock band
- 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 Open Source connector for Microsoft Exchange servers written in CORBA by 42tools.
- Brutus (software), a password cracking tool
- Brutus Soporte (Soporte), a DBA
- Brutus (Dutch band), a Dutch death metal band
- Brutus (Czech band), a Czech band
- Brutus (Canadian band), a 1970s Canadian band
- Brutus (Israeli Band), an Israeli rock band
- Brutus (rapper), a Dutch rapper
- "Junius Brutus", the pen name of the author Charles Blount
- "Brutus" , the pen name of Robert Yates
- "Brutus", the pen name of 19th century Welsh satirist David Owen (1795-1866)
- Brutus (1862 - 1884), one of the eight South Devon Railway Dido class steam locomotives
- Brutus "The Barber" Beefcake, ring name of American professional wrestler Edward Leslie (born 1957)
- Brutus, the monster truck driven by Chris Bergeron
- Brutus, a fictional Great Dane belonging to the Birds Brothers in Red Rackham's Treasure in Adventures of Tintin
- Brutus (monster truck), is a monster truck, which is the team truck to Avenger, Spike, and Wrecking Crew.
