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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