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Brutus will probably always be a divisive figure (lemmy.world)
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[–] NegativeLookBehind 4 points 2 weeks ago

Quality content

[–] PugJesus 4 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Explanation: Brutus, the most famous of the assassins of Julius Caesar, is, has been, and probably will always be a divisive figure. Even back in the Renaissance, the same argument was going on - great artists of the period often took different sides of the debate.

~~Brutus was optimate scum and deserved worse than he got~~

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

So Michelangelo depicted him as the sleek, streamlined FDR-era locomotive and Dante as the clapped-out old steam engine?