Marcus Junius Brutus is a historical figure who features as a character in the HBO/BBC2 original television series Rome, played by Tobias Menzies. He is depicted as a young man torn between what he believes is right, and his loyalty and love of a man who has been like a father to him. The real Marcus Junius Brutus was the most famous of Julius Caesar's assassins, and one of the key figures in the civil wars that followed the assassination.
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Marcus Junius Brutus is a historical figure who features as a character in the HBO/BBC2 original television series Rome, played by Tobias Menzies. He is depicted as a young man torn between what he believes is right, and his loyalty and love of a man who has been like a father to him. The real Marcus Junius Brutus was the most famous of Julius Caesar's assassins, and one of the key figures in the civil wars that followed the assassination.
He is a haughty but awkward young noble; it is unclear which parts of Brutus' actions are done in favor of what he believes or what part of his actions are done in favor of what others expect of him. Brutus appears to lack all interest in politics at the beginning of the series, referring to it as "dull stuff" but his mother's ideals of what is expected of the family normally is the motive for him choosing the right path of the republic. However, he appears to have some of his own ideals of what is right and wrong, especially when he chooses to...
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