BRUTUS

To Shakespeare he was high in all the people's hearts

• Antony's adversary

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• First Triumvirate opponent

• Julius Caesar role

• Julius Caesar's undoer

• Old Roman bus straddling rut (6)

• One of Caesar's assassins

• Roman assassin

• Stubborn Hope poet

• The noblest Roman

• Statesman of ancient Rome who (with Cassius) led a conspiracy to assassinate Julius Caesar (85-42 BC)