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oct 23 Learn More Brutus Commits Suicide
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Brutus committed suicide on this day in 42 BCE. History remembers him most as the guy who said, "We should totally just stab Caesar," but he was also a poet. He regularly dropped his rhymes on audiences at local libraries. Unfortunately, none of his verse is around today. Or maybe that's a good thing; historians suggest that he was considerably better at conspiring than writing.
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