The addressee
On Marcus Iunius Brutus (85? – 42 BC), leader on the conspiracy against Caesar in 44, see the biographical sketch by Badian 2003, and the exhaustive overview by Gelzer 1918; on the historical figure and its posterity see Clarke 1981; on Cicero and Brutus still useful is Boissier 1888: 321-379; other references listed in Garbarino 2003: 91.
On Marcus Iunius Brutus (85? – 42 BC), leader on the conspiracy against Caesar in 44, see the biographical sketch by Badian 2003, and the exhaustive overview by Gelzer 1918; on the historical figure and its posterity see Clarke 1981; on Cicero and Brutus still useful is Boissier 1888: 321-379; other references listed in Garbarino 2003: 91.
The corpus
The corpus
According to the 4th-century AD grammarian Nonius, the collection (hereafter
1702 words
Citation: Prost, François. "Epistulae ad Marcum Brutum". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 29 July 2012 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/sworks.php?rec=true&UID=34667, accessed 31 October 2024.]