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1. Who was Marcus Brutus?

Marcus Brutus was the son of Decimus Junius Brutus, a relatively unimportant politician, and Servilia Caepionis, half-sister of Cato the younger and mistress of Julius Caesar. Marcus Brutus' grandfather Quintus Servilius Caepio adopted him when he was a young man and Brutus added his cognomen to his own name.

2. What were his accomplishments?

Marcus Brutus accomplishments were when he started his political career, it started when he became an assistant to Cato, during his governorship of Cyprus. He enriched himself by loaning money to desperate people at high rates of interest.

3.What was his relationship with Caesar?