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To: nickcarraway
I would say that Brutus and Cassius changed history on the Ides of March, not Julius Caesar.

Shakespeare's play is based on the lives by Plutarch of Julius Caesar, Brutus, and Mark Antony. But Caesar's last words were spoken in Greek (to Brutus: "and you, my child?"). Shakespeare must have figured that the audience would not understand a Greek phrase but would be able to figure out what "et tu, Brute" meant (not being products of American public schools).

6 posted on 03/15/2026 1:44:01 PM PDT by Verginius Rufus
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To: Verginius Rufus

Agreed.


7 posted on 03/15/2026 1:44:45 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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