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Marcus Junius Brutus and Caius Cassius Longinus (see under Cassius ) were the principal assassins of Julius Caesar . He had sided with Pompey, but after the battle of Pharsalus , Caesar pardoned him, made him governor of Cisalpine Gaul (46 BC), and, in 44 BC, urban praetor. Nevertheless, he joined Cassius in the plot against Caesar.

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