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Can someone please explain this quote to me? I think it has something to do with ancient Greece or Rome?
"My name is Brutus but the people will call me Rex"
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- Anonymous5 years agoFavorite Answer
Rome. Brutus was one of the conspirators who killed Julius Caesar. "Rex" is Latin for "king"; in Rome at that time (the end of the Roman Republic), "Rex" was a pretty bad word. Romans tended to regard their ancient history, hundreds of years earlier, when they were ruled by kings, as a bad time. So in this song Brutus is saying two things at once: He thinks he's going to become the king of Rome, but if the people call him "king" that probably means they don't like him.
- WINGNUTLv 75 years ago
It is not Greek but Roman in his speaking to Julius Caesar foretelling of the ides of March and Caesars doom.
