Monday, November 7, 2016

True or False: Caesar’s Last words were “Et tu Brute?”



Who knows?


 "Et tu, Brute?" is a Latin phrase meaning "and you, Brutus?" or "you too, Brutus?", purportedly as the last words of the Roman dictator Julius Caesar to his friend Marcus Brutus at the moment of his assassination. The quotation is widely used in the English-speaking world to signify the utmost unexpected betrayal by a person, such as a friend.




The fame of the quotation is entirely due to its occurrence in William Shakespeare's play Julius Caesar, as Caesar utters these words as he is being stabbed to death, having recognized his friend and protégé Brutus among the assassins. However, there is no evidence that Caesar actually said these words.

Julius Caesar (1953)

You will hear a reference to these words in Act II of Romulus.

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