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What happened to Brutus and Cassius after the battles of Philippi?
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Following the Battle of Philippi, both Gaius Cassius Longinus and Marcus Junius Brutus met their ends by suicide.123
- Gaius Cassius Longinus: During the first engagement on October 3, 42 BCE, Cassius was defeated by Mark Antony. Believing the entire battle was lost, he ordered his freedman to kill him. He was later buried at Thasos.12
- Marcus Junius Brutus: After Cassius's death, Brutus assumed command of their combined forces. Following an inconclusive first engagement, a second battle occurred on October 23, 42 BCE, where Brutus’s army was defeated by the forces of Antony and Octavian. Brutus subsequently committed suicide, and his remaining men surrendered. Mark Antony provided Brutus with an honorable burial.23
These events marked the final destruction of the faction that had opposed the Second Triumvirate and favored the old Roman Republican constitution.2