Junii Bruti

E849760

The Junii Bruti were a prominent ancient Roman family (gens Junia) traditionally associated with the early Republic and famed for figures like Lucius Junius Brutus, who helped overthrow the monarchy.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Junii Bruti canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (40)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Roman gens family ⓘ
ancient Roman family branch ⓘ
associatedVirtue libertas (liberty) ⓘ
virtus (civic virtue) ⓘ
associatedWithEvent assassination of Julius Caesar ⓘ
establishment of the Roman Republic ⓘ
overthrow of the Roman monarchy ⓘ
capitalCityContext Rome ⓘ
country Roman Republic ⓘ
ethnicity Roman ⓘ
familyBranchOf Junii ⓘ
familyNameForm cognomen "Brutus" ⓘ
nomen "Junius" ⓘ
linked to: Junius
hasNotableMember Decimus Junius Brutus Albinus ⓘ
Lucius Junius Brutus ⓘ
Marcus Junius Brutus the Younger ⓘ
knownFor early consular magistracies ⓘ
participation in late Republican civil wars ⓘ
languageOfName Latin ⓘ
laterReception invoked in Enlightenment republicanism ⓘ
invoked in Renaissance political thought ⓘ
referenced in early modern debates on tyranny ⓘ
meaningOfName "Brutus" meaning "dull" or "stupid" in Latin ⓘ
mythicalOrSemiLegendaryOrigins yes ⓘ
namedAfter Lucius Junius Brutus ⓘ
originLanguage Latin ⓘ
partOf gens Junia ⓘ
linked to: Junia
politicalAlignment optimates (for some members) ⓘ
republican opposition to dictatorship ⓘ
politicalRole republican leaders ⓘ
region Latium ⓘ
socialClass patrician family ⓘ
plebeian family ⓘ
sourceMention Livy "Ab Urbe Condita" ⓘ
Plutarch "Lives" ⓘ
symbolicRoleInRomanCulture archetype of tyrant-slayers ⓘ
timePeriod Roman Kingdom ⓘ
Roman Republic ⓘ
traditionalReputation defenders of the Roman Republic ⓘ
tyrannicide ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Servilia → hasDescendant → Junii Bruti ⓘ
Junia → hasBranch → Junii Bruti ⓘ