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Episode 51. Marcus Junius Brutus: The Last Republican

Episode 51. Marcus Junius Brutus: The Last Republican

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Works CitedPrimary Sources
  • Appian. Civil Wars, Book 2. The systematic political narrative; useful for the civil war period and the conspiracy.
  • Cicero. Letters to Atticus and Letters to Brutus. The most intimate documentary record of Brutus's intellectual world and his relationship with Cicero.
  • Plutarch. “Life of Brutus.” The essential text; one of Plutarch's most carefully constructed portraits. Chapters 1–20 for the biography and the conspiracy; chapters 36–53 for Philippi and the death.
  • Plutarch. “Life of Caesar.” Essential complement; Caesar's perspective on Brutus, the pardon, and the Ides.
  • Plutarch. “Life of Cato the Younger.” Indispensable context for understanding the world in which Brutus was formed; Cato's death at Utica is covered in chapters 59–73.
  • Suetonius. “Life of Julius Caesar.” Essential for the dictatorship period and the details of Caesar's relationship with Servilia.
Secondary Sources
  • Goldsworthy, Adrian. Caesar: Life of a Colossus. 2006. Essential for the civil war period and Caesar's relationship with Brutus.
  • Goodman, Rob, and Jimmy Soni. Rome's Last Citizen. 2012. On Cato; essential context for the world that formed Brutus.
  • Holland, Tom. Rubicon. 2003. The most readable popular account of the whole period; good on the conspiracy.
  • Tempest, Kathryn. Brutus: The Noble Conspirator. 2017. The best modern biography; rigorous, readable, and genuinely engaged with the philosophical dimension of his life.
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