Decimus Junius Brutus Albinus; Roman politician and assassin of Julius Caesar; in 42 BCE, Brutus and Cassius fought the armies of Mark Antony and Octavian at Philippi and lost; he died in 43 BCE while trying to flee to Macedonia.
According to Geoffrey of Monmouth, Brutus was the founder of Britain. He was a Trojan general fleeing Troy after the Trojan War. After receiving a religious vision, he and Corineus sailed through the Mediterranean and up the Atlantic and founded Britain. The word Britain is supposed to be derived from the name Brutus.
statesman of ancient Rome who (with Cassius) led a conspiracy to assassinate Julius Caesar (85-42 BC)