> Ever since the beauty Sempronia of the Tudetani married Decimus Junius Brutus there has been plenty talk on her allegedly wanton private life. Decimus Brutus is an important character in Caesar and The October Horse by Colleen McCullough. You can trace your line back to Rome's beginnigs as well, and may even be considered one of the Famous Families, but you were definitely on the other side of the fence during the Struggle of the Orders. [10] In a decisive sea battle, Decimus Brutus succeeded in destroying the Veneti's fleet. Decius Brutus was born in 108 BC, the year before Caius Marius scored his first consulship. Decimus Junius Brutus Albinus (born April 27, ca. Decius' cousin was Praetor Urbanus when Marius came back to Rome and he was at the head of many executions of Sulla inclined Senators including Marcus Antonius Orator and Crassus Orator & son. Decimus Junius Brutus Albinus, (born 85 bc—died 43 bc), Roman general who participated in the assassination of the dictator Julius Caesar, though he had been Caesar’s protégé. He is a secondary villain in Shadow of Rome. Antony managed to withdraw into southern Gaul. Military History Encyclopedia on the Web - Biography of Decimus Junius Brutus Albinus. His position deteriorating by the day, Decimus Brutus fled Italy, abandoning his legions. 'Tis just: And it is very much lamented, Brutus, ... Act II begins in Brutus" garden. Decius Brutus is a minor, yet important character in William Shakespeare's 'Julius Caesar'. If not the face of men," (2.1.114). The Freeholder. His father was Decimus Brutus who had been Pro-Praetor of Illyricum and a close personal friend and dinner-mate of Lucius Cornelius Cinna, while the mother was Sempronia of the Tudetanus branch. ... Brutus" poor judgement led the army to their death. This was the act of provocation to which Antony was only too happy to respond. Brutus Damasippus and Marcus Brutus both decided to oppose Sulla openly by soldiering for Gnaeus Papirius Carbo; Decimus Brutus decided to stay out of the conflict entirely; and the last male of age, Decius Brutus, had only recently been released from Pompey Strabo's house arrest to risk another capture. Octavius won the contest and exploited his victory to oust Cinna and his supporters, including the Bruti, from the city. 429, 430. With his own political situation on the verge of disaster and himself declared public enemy, defeating Decimus Brutus was a way for Antony to regain his ascendancy and get control of the strategically important Italian Gaul. ... Brutus throws out his trust without realizing the big picture. ", pp. Decius Brutus persuades Caesar to come with him to the senate, where Caesar is to be killed. Decimus Junius Brutus Albinus (born April 27,[1] ca. [citation needed] His mother was Sempronia Tuditani, wife of Decimus Junius Brutus who was consul in 77 BC. [11], When the Republican Civil War broke out, Decimus Brutus sided with his commander, Caesar, and was entrusted once again with fleet operations. Take your favorite fandoms with you and never miss a beat. ... Decius assures them that he will be able to convince Caesar to attend by flattering him into it. Thomas Africa thought Syme had recanted this view; see "The Mask of an Assassin: A Psychohistorical Study of. ... she he took the advice of Decius conspirator. The climate of reconciliation soon passed, and slowly the conspirators were starting to feel the strain of the assassination. The Consuls, Cinna and Carbo, decided that a Republican army should be recruited and sent across the Hadriatic with the dual objective of ending the rebellion and then engaging Sulla's five legions in Greece. ... Next, Cassius comes to Brutus with the other conspirators (Casca, Cinna, Decius, Trebonius, and Metellus) to discuss the plans to kill Caesar. Antony defeated the forces of Gaius Pansa and Octavian, which resulted in Pansa suffering mortal wounds; however, Antony was then defeated by a surprise attack from Hirtius. ... Decius uses flattery to persuade Caesar to go to the senate. Brutus said these words after agreeing to join the conspiracy against Caesar. With Cicero's support, however, Decimus Brutus crossed the Alps to join Plancus in the war against Anthony; but when Plancus switched sides his position became untenable and he was forced to flee. He is the true murderer of Caesar and willingly to kill anyone who knows it. After serving under Caesar in Gaul, Brutus was given command of Caesar’s fleet. Decimus was the natural son of Decimus Junius Brutus, who was consul in 77 BC. Caesar Octavian, the nineteen-year-old heir of Caesar, and already raised to the rank of propraetor, accompanied Gaius Pansa north. He justifies conspiring against Caesar by stating that Caesar’s ambition would have hurt Rome. The assassins received an amnesty the next day, issued by the senate at the instigation of Mark Antony, Caesar's fellow consul. Be on the lookout for your Britannica newsletter to get trusted stories delivered right to your inbox. Brutus Damasippus and Marcus Brutus were executed by Sulla's enforcer, Gnaeus Pompey, while another Brutus who had continued to resist Sulla committed suicide in Lylibaeum instead of falling to the hands of the 'butcher' Pompey. Roman historian Appian interpreted this as being an adoption of Decimus by Caesar. When Caesar returned to Rome as dictator after the final defeat of the Republican faction in the Battle of Munda (45 BC), Marcus Brutus joined the conspiracy against Caesar, after being convinced by Cassius and Decimus Brutus. The lad in question however was adopted out to Aulus Postumius Albinus in 81 BCE. > History after Sulla won't be kind to those who opposed him politically or military. [23] He appears with his actual name in the play The Tragedy of Cicero.[24]. Learn how and when to remove this template message, The Works of Joseph Addison: The Tatler. So he faced Agrippa against his entire Valcross stable, in a series of matches, only to see them all defeated. The lover. A lively and informative new podcast for kids that the whole family will enjoy! Despite Brutus Damasippus' earnest efforts to rid the city of Sullan influence, Quintus Sertorius finally influenced Cinna and Carbo to put down the slaves and restore the city to a shambles of peace. https://sulla.fandom.com/wiki/Decius_Junius_Brutus?oldid=4147. In Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar, Decius Brutus and Mark Antony, both Roman Senators, eulogize Julius Caesar, each using a different technique and approach. Agrippa kills him because he murdered Agrippa's mother and later he is revealed to be the true murderer of Caesar. In Act I, scene ii, lines 78-79 Caesar states, "I do fear the people/Choose Caesar for their king." Octavian, the nineteen-year-old heir of Caesar, and already raised to the rank of Propraetor, accompanied Gaius Pansa north. ... Brutus though, did not think of it as murder. For information about how to add references, see, The date of Decimus Brutus's birth is based on a letter from Cicero to Marcus Brutus, Ronald Syme, "Bastards in the Roman Aristocracy," pp. For information about how to add references, see Template:Citation. Decimus was named an heir in the second degree in Caesar's will. Antony obliged him, and blockaded Decimus Brutus' forces, intent on starving them out. Brutus, in a somewhat arrogant, to the point, eulogy, attempts to sway the people. Wiseman, "Two Friends of Clodius in Cicero's Letters", p. 301. Nevertheless, the consuls of the year, Aulus Hirtius and Gaius Vibius Pansa Caetronianus, marched northward to raise the siege. Decimus Brutus was a distant cousin of Julius Caesar, and on several occasions Caesar expressed how he loved Brutus like a son. With the siege raised, Decimus Brutus cautiously thanked Octavian, now commander of the legions that had rescued him, from the other side of the river. "Hold then my sword, and turn away thy face, /While I do run upon it." He tells that it has been a lucky and fortunate dream as it points out his creative energy will bring new life and strength to Rome. Decius Brutus is a brutal, immoral and an exceptionally vicious Roman general. But the situation was not peaceful, Rome's population and Caesar's legionaries wanted to see the conspirators punished. Information on the PC character, Decius Junius Brutus. Quintus Lutatius Catulus, Metellus Pius, Marcus Crassus, Gnaeus Pompey and Lucius Sergius Catilina. The power of words in their appeal to vanity is also illustrated in Act 2 by Decius" clever manipulation of the subject matter of Calpurnia's dream. In 49, during the Civil War between Caesar and Pompey, he led a fleet at the siege of Massilia (now Marseille, France). [20] He attempted to reach Macedonia, where Marcus Junius Brutus and Cassius had stationed themselves, but was executed en route in mid-September by a Gallic chief loyal to Mark Antony.[21]. By using Caesar weakness, Decius manipulates him by telling him about the crown, thus tempting Caesar to go to the senate house. He becomes easily swayed when Cassius flatters Brutus in his effort to convince Brutus to turn on his friend, Caesar. ... Decius uses flattery to persuade Caesar to go to the senate. ... As Cassius explains to Brutus the plan for Caesar's death he tells Brutus to swear their resolution. Decimus' legacy is not as notable as that of the other Brutus who was among the conspirators, Marcus Brutus, whom he is often confused for, or merged with, in depictions. Brutus is also revealed to the audience by his feeling toward doing the "right" thing. The group decided to lie low, and Decimus used his office of Praetor Peregrinus to stay away from Rome. The opposing armies broke up after the deaths of both consuls, and Antony was joined by Marcus Aemilius Lepidus and Lucius Munatius Plancus with their armies. This paper has analyzed the motivation, revelation, and dynamic qualities of the character, Brutus. 323–327. Decius Brutus was born in 108 BC, the year before Caius Marius scored his first consulship. A second battle on 21 April at Mutina resulted in a further defeat for Antony and Hirtius' death. But when I tell her she hates flatterers, She says she does, being then most flattered. ... Each one stabbed him with Brutus being last. No, Cassius; for the eye sees not itself, 140 But by reflection, by some other things. Antony withdrew, unwilling to become the subject of a double circumvallation as Vercingetorix had done to Caesar at Alesia. Decius uses 4 ploys. "If it be aught toward the general good," (1.2.85). Mark Antony besieged him at Mutina (now Modina, Italy), but the consuls of 43, supported by Octavian, relieved the siege in April of that year. In Shakespeare's Julius Caesar, Decimus Brutus is mistakenly called "Decius". The family also sired a younger brother for Decius in 84 BC, named Decimus, who was later adopted out to the patrician Aulus Postumius Albinus (ex: this one is the historical Brutus Albinus, one of Caesar's assassins) as well as two younger sisters, Junia and Decima. Flattering him into it. early death of Aulus ' son flatterer, uses., [ 1 ] ca already raised to the senate affected by Decius is... 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