brutus said et tu brute then fall caesar.
brutus said et tu brute then fall caesar.
who said et tu brute then fall caesar?
brutus
the dictator's last words are a contested subject among scholars and historians. suetonius himself says he said nothing, nevertheless, he mentions that others have written that caesar's last words were the greek phrase "" (transliterated as ""kai su, teknon?"": "you too, child?" in english). plutarch also reports that caesar said nothing, pulling his toga over his head when he saw brutus among the conspirators. the version best known in the english-speaking world is the latin phrase ""et tu, brute?"" ("you too, brutus?"); this derives from william shakespeare's "julius caesar" (1599), where it actually forms the first half of a macaronic line: ""et tu, brute?" then fall, caesar." this has no basis in historical fact. shakespeare was making use of a phrase already in common use at the time.
assassination of julius caesar
caesar utters these words in act iii, scene 1, as he is being stabbed to death, having recognized his friend and protégé brutus as one of the assassins. however, there is no evidence that the historical caesar spoke these words. contrary to popular belief, the words are not caesar's last in the play, as he says "then fall caesar!" right after.









































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the name "brutus", a second declension masculine noun, appears in the phrase in the vocative case, and so the "-⁠us" ending of the nominative case is replaced by "-⁠e".









































section::::context.
et tu, brute?