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Marcus Junius Brutus (; early June 85 BC – 23 October 42 BC), often referred to as Brutus, was a politician of the late Roman Republic. After being adopted by his uncle he used the name Quintus Servilius Caepio Brutus, but eventually returned to using his original name. He is best known in modern times for taking a leading role in the assassination of Julius Caesar.〔 == Early life == Marcus Junius Brutus Minor () was the son of Marcus Junius Brutus Maior and Servilia Caepionis. His father was killed by Pompey the Great in dubious circumstances after he had taken part in the rebellion of Lepidus; his mother was the half-sister of Cato the Younger, and later Julius Caesar's mistress.〔Suetonius, ''The Deified Julius'', 50〕 Some sources refer to the possibility of Caesar being his real father,〔Plutarch, ''Life of Brutus'', 5.2.〕 despite Caesar's being only 15 years old when Brutus was born. Brutus' uncle, Quintus Servilius Caepio, adopted him in about 59 BC, and Brutus was known officially for a time as Quintus Servilius Caepio Brutus before he reverted to using his birth-name. Following Caesar's assassination in 44 BC, Brutus revived his adoptive name in order to illustrate his links to another famous tyrannicide, Gaius Servilius Ahala, from whom he was descended.〔M. Crawford (1971) ''Roman Republican Coinage'' 502.2 shows that Brutus issued coins bearing the inscription Q. CAEPIO BRVTVS PRO () (Q. Caepio Brutus, proconsul) in 42 BC〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Coin bearing inscription Q. Caepio Brutus )〕 Brutus held his uncle in high regard〔Plutarch, ''Life of Brutus'', 2.1.〕 and his political career started when he became an assistant to Cato, during his governorship of Cyprus.〔Plutarch, ''Life of Brutus'', 3.1.〕 During this time, he enriched himself by lending money at high rates of interest. Brutus was also active in the province of Cilicia, in the year before Cicero was proconsul there; Cicero documents how Brutus profited from money lending to the provincials in his ''Letters''.〔Cicero, ''Att.'' V 21〕 He returned to Rome a rich man, where he married Claudia Pulchra.〔Cicero. ad Fam. iii. 4.〕 From his first appearance in the Senate, Brutus aligned with the Optimates (the conservative faction) against the First Triumvirate of Marcus Licinius Crassus, Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus and Gaius Julius Caesar. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Marcus Junius Brutus the Younger」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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