E Tu Brute? Uncover The Shocking Truth!

A work of cartoon history with a touch of edward goreys dark wit, et tu, brute? Is an irreverent, illustrated compendium of the deaths of all the roman emperors, from augustus to romulus. Is the story of a language, and of the way that language is inextricable from the story of an empire. Why did he betray caesar? Caesars murder happened in the immediate aftermath of a civil war and sparked another generation of civil wars, so the actual.

Russos lyrics, poignant and probing, highlight how quickly the oppressed can don the tyrants mask echoing the tragic chorus of et tu, brute? And there are many forms. The phrase et tu, brute? (you too, brutus?) is associated with the roman general and ruler julius caesar. He purportedly said this as he was being assassinated, uttering it upon seeing. Et tu brute begins with a lengthy preface which serves to establish the iconic status of caesars murder in (western) history.