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What happened to Brutus after he killed Caesar?

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However, the result of Caesar's assassination was to plunge the Roman world into a new round of civil wars, with the Republican forces of Brutus and Cassius vying for supremacy against Octavian and Mark Antony. After being defeated by Antony at a battle in Philippi, Greece, in October 42 B.C., Cassius killed himself. read more

Brutus killed Caesar because he was “ambitious”, so he HAD to kill him. The other senators involved in the killing were afraid of him becoming a tyrant. What happened after was the Battle of Philippi. After Brutus had defeated Cassius’ army he talked to Caesar’s ghost and the ghost persuaded him to kill himself. read more

After the assassination, Brutus was approached with a compromise: if Caesar was declared a tyrant, then all of Caesar's acts and senatorial appointments - Brutus' urban praetorship among other offices given to some of the assassins before they killed Caesar - would be declared null and void. read more

He believed that killing Caesar was the best for Rome , he said "I do fear the people choose Caesar for their king". Cassius jumps on the word fear and minipulates Brutus into believing that Caesar should be killed for the good of Rome. read more

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