Editing Marcus Junius Brutus (section)

== In popular culture ==
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* In [[Jonathan Swift]]'s 1726 [[satire]] [[Gulliver's Travels]], [[Lemuel Gulliver|Gulliver]] arrives at the island of [[Glubbdubdrib]] and is invited by a sorcerer to visit with several historical figures brought back from the dead. Among them, Caesar and Brutus are evoked, and Caesar confesses that all his glory doesn't equal the glory Brutus gained by murdering him.
* In the ''[[Masters of Rome]]'' novels of [[Colleen McCullough]], Brutus is portrayed as a timid intellectual whose relationship with Caesar is deeply complex. He resents Caesar for breaking his marriage arrangement with Caesar's daughter, [[Julia (daughter of Caesar)|Julia]], whom Brutus deeply loved so that she could be married instead to Pompey the Great. However, Brutus enjoys Caesar's favor after he receives a pardon for fighting with Republican forces against Caesar at the [[Battle of Pharsalus]]. In the lead-up to the Ides of March, [[Gaius Cassius Longinus|Cassius]] and [[Trebonius]] use him as a figurehead because of his family connections to the founder of the Republic. He appears in ''[[Fortune's Favourites]]'', ''[[Caesar's Women]]'', ''[[Caesar (McCullough novel)|Caesar]]'' and ''[[The October Horse]]''.
* Brutus is an occasional supporting character in [[Asterix]] comics, most notably ''[[Asterix and Son]]'' in which he is the main antagonist. The character appears in the first three live Asterix film adaptations – though briefly in the first two – ''[[Asterix and Obelix vs Caesar]]'' (played by [[Didier Cauchy]]) and ''[[Asterix at the Olympic Games (film)|Asterix at the Olympic Games]]''. In the latter film, he is portrayed as a comical villain by [[Belgium|Belgian]] actor [[Benoît Poelvoorde]]: he is a central character to the film, even though he was not depicted in the original ''[[Asterix at the Olympic Games]]'' comic book. He is implied in that film to be Julius Caesar's biological son.
* In the TV series ''[[Rome (TV series)|Rome]]'', [[Marcus Junius Brutus (character of Rome)|Brutus]], portrayed by [[Tobias Menzies]], is depicted as a young man torn between what he believes is right, and his loyalty to and love of a man who has been like a father to him. In the series, his personality and motives are somewhat inaccurate, as Brutus is portrayed as an unwilling participant in politics. In the earlier episodes, he is frequently inebriated and easily ruled by emotion. Brutus' relationship to Cato is not mentioned; his three sisters and wife, Porcia, are omitted.
* [[The Hives]]' song "B is for Brutus" contains titular and lyrical references to Junius Brutus.
* [[Red Hot Chili Peppers]] song "Even You Brutus?" from their 2011 album ''[[I'm with You (album)|I'm with You]]'' makes reference to Brutus and Judas Iscariot.
* The video game ''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood]]'' features a small side story in the form of the "Scrolls of Romulus" written by Brutus, which reveals that Caesar was a Templar, and Brutus and the conspirators were members of the Roman Brotherhood of Assassins. At the end of the side quest, the player is able to get Brutus' armour and dagger. Later at ''[[Assassin's Creed Origins]]'', Brutus and Cassius make an appearance as Aya's earliest recruits and is the one who give the killing blow to Caesar, though his armour from ''Brotherhood'' does not make an appearance here.
* The [[New Jersey]] artist The Buttress has two songs inspired by Brutus and the assassination of Julius Caesar. The first, released in 2016, is titled "Brutus", and inspired by Brutus and his relationship in regards to Caesar. In it, the artist takes on the role of a female version of Brutus and the view of Brutus' supposed envy of Caesar as a motivation behind the assassination. Contrary to the real life Brutus' republican ideals, this fictional female version wishes to become ''rex'' ("king"). The song itself uses the conflict between Caesar and the Liberatores, with Brutus at the forefront, as a stand-in for partiarchal oppresion of women, casting the female Brutus as a liberator of womankind, which makes the envy of Caesar both personally and politically motivated.<ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bI8MT5lVU5c |title=Buttress - Brutus (Official Music Video) |date=2016-03-15 |last=The Buttress |access-date=2025-03-28 |via=YouTube}}</ref> The song also plays into the Christian idea of women being "the cursed sex" due to Eve's eating of the apple in Eden, which may be a reference inspired by artist The Buttress' religious Christian upbringing.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Brown |first=Christopher |date=2018-07-07 |title=Welcome to Hell: the Story of Buttress |url=https://undergroundunderdogs.com/2018/07/07/welcome-to-hell-the-story-of-buttress/ |access-date=2025-03-28 |website=Underground Underdogs |language=en-US}}</ref> The song "Brutus" was followed up with a song released in 2023 titled "Rex – Brutus II", which goes deeper into the themes of a war between men and women, with the narrating female Brutus reckoning with the fall-out of the Caesar assassination. Brutus is depicted as being haunted by Caesar's ghost. The song also contains further references to the Bible, such as the quote "am I my brother's keeper?" and a reference to Samson.<ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z4iocsa_YXI |title=Buttress - Rex - Brutus II (Official Music Video) |date=2023-06-23 |last=The Buttress |access-date=2025-03-28 |via=YouTube}}</ref> One of the inspirations behind some of the song's lyrics was Shakespeare's play [[Julius Caesar (play)|The Tragedy of Julius Caesar]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Lions roam city streets |url=https://genius.com/The-buttress-rex-brutus-ii-lyrics?referent_id=29929444#note-29929444 |access-date=2025-03-28 |website=Genius}}</ref>