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Question:Brutus Or Mark Antony? Who were both of them in regards to Caeser?


Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: Brutus Or Mark Antony? Who were both of them in regards to Caeser?

As Poirot established in "Murder On The Orient Express", the answer is -- 'all of them'.

A group of about 20 Roman Senators attacked Caesar, and stabbed him repeatedly.

In fact, Suetonius reports that he was stabbed 23 times, and, apparently, a physician later established that only one wound, the second one to his chest, had been lethal.

Who dealt that fatal blow is a mystery.

A partial list of the assassins includes:

Marcus Junius Brutus
Gaius Cassius Longinus
Publius Servilius Casca
Quintus Ligarius
Lucius Tillius Cimber (not Shakespeare's 'Metellus Cimber')
Decimus Junius Brutus
Lucius Cornelius Cinna

So vicious was their assault that they wounded each other.

As to your other questions:

Marcus Junius Brutus was the son of Servilia Caepionis, Caesar's long-time mistress. There was some speculation that Caesar was his real father, though that is unproven.

It may, however, explain why Brutus was said to stab Caesar in the groin.

Marcus Antonius was a strong supporter of Caesar, and enjoyed his patronage throughout his career -- Caesar's influence secured his election to the offices of quaestor, augur, and tribune of the plebs. He also served as a military legate for Caesar in Gaul.

Marc Antony was not involved in the conspiracy to murder Caesar, and, in fact, tried to save him after discovering it.

Brutus.

Members of the Roman Senate. They cornered him away from his guard and they all took terms stabbing him so no one would be able to say who did it and no one ever knew who all was involved, the plot was hatched by his friend Brutus, not carried out by him like most people thought.

"Et tu Brute?" Why Brutus and about two other guys, of course. Marc Antony was his loyal friend who would then wage war against the Roman Senate for the murder.

Brutus killed him. He was Caesar's close friend but ended up leading the conspiracy to kill Caesar.
Mark Antony was a supporter of Caesar and later one of the Triumvirs after Caesar's death along with Octavius Caesar and Lepidus.

I hope you mean Julius Caesar. There was more than one.

If so it was a whole host of conspiring senators, not just Brutus:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julius_Caes...

Brutus was a politician in the opposition and he was one of the Senators that murdered Caesar.
Mark Antony was Caesar's right hand man and very loyal to him.

Brutus was one of the conspirators who together killed Caesar. He is reported to have struck the final blow, which (because Caesar considered Brutus a friend) destroyed Caesar's will to live. Marc Antony was Caesar's friend and ally, who after the assassination formed an alliance with Caesar's nephew Octavian (who became Augustus) and helped avenge Caesar by defeating the conspirators in the civil war that broke out as a result of the assassination.

Brutus killed Caesar but it was a conspiracy plot by the Senate because Julius was to be declared abslute ruler in Rome.

It depends because Caesar is a title not a name