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Marcus Junius Brutus (85 BC, Rome – 42 BC, Philippi, Macedonia) was a Roman politician and military leader from the plebeian Junii family, known primarily as the assassin of Gaius Julius Caesar. In the early stages of his career, in the 50s BC, he was considered a prominent orator and received the honorary title of princeps iuventutis - "first among the young". In the civil war between Caesar and Pompey, he sided with the latter (49 BC). After the Battle of Pharsalus, he went over to Caesar's side and took a prominent place in his entourage. He received the praetorship for 44 BC and was to become consul in 41. Despite this and his close relationship with Caesar (some sources report that Gaius Julius could have been his father), Brutus became one of the organizers and direct participants in the murder of Caesar, which took place on March 15, 44 BC... Historian Natalia Basovskaya tells the story.