{"id":294,"date":"2024-09-28T17:16:41","date_gmt":"2024-09-28T17:16:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/caesarsbox.com\/?p=294"},"modified":"2024-09-28T17:17:25","modified_gmt":"2024-09-28T17:17:25","slug":"misplaced-famous-roman-quotes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/caesarsbox.com\/?p=294","title":{"rendered":"Misplaced famous Roman quotes?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Julius Caesar never said, \u201cEt tu, Brute?\u201d<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/historyfacts.com\/\">Home<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/historyfacts.com\/category\/famous-figures\/\">Famous Figures<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a>Facts<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/historyfacts.com\/famous-figures\/fact\/julius-caesar-never-said-et-tu-brute\/#\"><strong>Copy<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"mailto:?subject=Check%20out%20this%20story&amp;body=Hey,%20I%20thought%20you%27d%20like%20this%20article%20from%20History%20Facts.%20Hope%20you%20enjoy%20it!%0D%0A%0D%0Ahttps%3A%2F%2Fhistoryfacts.com%2Ffamous-figures%2Ffact%2Fjulius-caesar-never-said-et-tu-brute%2F\"><strong>Share to email<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=https%3A%2F%2Fhistoryfacts.com%2Ffamous-figures%2Ffact%2Fjulius-caesar-never-said-et-tu-brute%2F\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Twitter<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fhistoryfacts.com%2Ffamous-figures%2Ffact%2Fjulius-caesar-never-said-et-tu-brute%2F\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Share to Facebook<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Death scene of Caesar<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Alot of history\u2019s famous quotes are either misattributed or were never spoken in the first place. In addition to the fact that Gandhi never said, \u201cBe the change you wish to see in the world,\u201d and no one aboard Apollo 13 ever uttered the phrase, \u201cHouston, we have a problem,\u201d Julius Caesar&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.historyextra.com\/period\/roman\/julius-caesars-last-words-et-tu-brute\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">didn\u2019t say<\/a>, \u201cEt tu, Brute?\u201d (\u201cYou too, Brutus?\u201d) as he was stabbed to death by a group of Roman senators that included his supposed bestie. The line comes from Shakespeare\u2019s play&nbsp;<em>The Tragedy of Julius Caesar<\/em>&nbsp;and is followed by its protagonist\u2019s last words, \u201cThen fall, Caesar\u201d \u2014 as though the betrayal made him lose his will to live more than the stab wounds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps:\/\/a065aed4c8b80598abdd8b45a8f04a05.safeframe.googlesyndication.com\/safeframe\/1-0-40\/html\/container.html\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Caesar\u2019s actual last words \u2014 or whether he even had the breath to speak any \u2014 are&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecollector.com\/what-did-julius-caesar-say-before-he-died\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">unknown<\/a>. Most ancient scholars, including Roman historians Plutarch and Cassius Dio, believe he said nothing at all, but mention that other sources claim he spoke in Greek: \u201c\u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u03c3\u03cd, \u03c4\u03ad\u03ba\u03bd\u03bf\u03bd,\u201d roughly translating to \u201cYou too, my child?\u201d In any case, March 15 \u2014 the date of Caesar\u2019s assassination in 44 BCE, better known as the Ides of March \u2014 has since become associated with doom and foreboding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">You may also like<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/historyfacts.com\/science-industry\/article\/why-did-doctors-wear-beak-masks-during-the-bubonic-plague\/\">Why Did Doctors Wear Beak Masks During the Bubonic Plague?<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/historyfacts.com\/arts-culture\/article\/revealing-facts-about-5-celebrated-painters\/\">Revealing Facts About 5 Celebrated Painters<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/historyfacts.com\/world-history\/article\/facts-about-the-elizabethan-era\/\">5 Facts About England\u2019s Elizabethan Era<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps:\/\/a065aed4c8b80598abdd8b45a8f04a05.safeframe.googlesyndication.com\/safeframe\/1-0-40\/html\/container.html\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">By the Numbers<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/historyfacts.com\/famous-figures\/fact\/julius-caesar-never-said-et-tu-brute\/#\">Stab wounds received by Caesar23<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/historyfacts.com\/famous-figures\/fact\/julius-caesar-never-said-et-tu-brute\/#\">Years Brutus lived after the assassination before taking his own life2<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/historyfacts.com\/famous-figures\/fact\/julius-caesar-never-said-et-tu-brute\/#\">Roman senators involved in the conspiracy to assassinate Caesar~60<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/historyfacts.com\/famous-figures\/fact\/julius-caesar-never-said-et-tu-brute\/#\">Acts in Shakespeare\u2019s\u00a0<em>The Tragedy of Julius Caesar<\/em>5<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps:\/\/a065aed4c8b80598abdd8b45a8f04a05.safeframe.googlesyndication.com\/safeframe\/1-0-40\/html\/container.html\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Did you know?<\/h6>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Brutus probably never said, \u201cSic semper tyrannis.\u201d<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>There\u2019s another famous quote attributed to Brutus himself, who\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.merriam-webster.com\/dictionary\/sic%20semper%20tyrannis\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">believed<\/a>\u00a0to have shouted,\u00a0\u201cSic semper tyrannis\u201d\u00a0\u2014 \u201cThus always to tyrants\u201d \u2014 as he stabbed Caesar. There\u2019s just one problem, though, and you can likely guess what it is: There\u2019s no evidence that Brutus said this or anything else while fatally betraying his former friend and ally. The Latin saying has stood the test of time nevertheless; in fact, John Wilkes Booth\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/lookingforlincoln\/lincoln-myths-and-misconceptions-quiz-answer-12\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">actually said it<\/a>\u00a0after he assassinated Abraham Lincoln. He did so 89 years after\u00a0Virginia\u00a0made the phrase its state motto .<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Author&nbsp;Michael Nordine<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/historyfacts.com\/famous-figures\/fact\/emperor-hirohito-was-buried-wearing-a-mickey-mouse-watch\/\"><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Julius Caesar never said, \u201cEt tu, Brute?\u201d Alot of history\u2019s famous quotes are either misattributed or were never spoken in the first place. In addition to the fact that Gandhi never said, \u201cBe the change you wish to see in the world,\u201d and no one aboard Apollo 13 ever uttered the phrase, \u201cHouston, we have [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"off","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-294","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/caesarsbox.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/294","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/caesarsbox.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/caesarsbox.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/caesarsbox.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/caesarsbox.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=294"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/caesarsbox.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/294\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":295,"href":"https:\/\/caesarsbox.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/294\/revisions\/295"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/caesarsbox.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=294"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/caesarsbox.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=294"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/caesarsbox.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=294"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}