Brutus, Lucius Junius Brutus, or Lucius Iunius Brutus, is the legendary founder of the<hr>
Roman Republic and one of the first two Roman consuls in 509 B.C. He leads a revolution to expel the kings of Rome.<hr>
The Battle of Pharsalus is a confrontation that took place in Thessaly, near the<hr>
city of the same name, at the beginning of summer 48 B.C., during the Roman civil war. It
pitted Caesar's troops against those of Pompey. By winning this battle with vastly outnumbered<hr>
forces, Julius Caesar gains a decisive advantage over the opposition.<hr>
Pompey, known as "the Great," was born on September 29, 106 B.C. in Picenum in<hr>
Italy and died on September 28, 48 B.C. in Pelusium in Egypt. He undertakes a political uprising, but is halted at the Battle of Pharsalus.<hr>
Elea, or Velia for the Romans, is a Greek city on the Tyrrhenian coast, in Campania, near the Gulf of Salerno.<hr>
Sardis is an ancient city in Asia Minor, the capital of Lydia, on the Pactolus River,<hr>
in the Hermos Valley. Brutus takes refuge there after the assassination of Julius Caesar and is caught up by the forces of Mark Antony.<hr>
Philippi is an ancient city founded by the king of Macedonia, Philip II in 356 B.C., abandoned in the 14th century after the Ottoman conquest, now an archaeological site located in the Kavála district in Greece. It is on the plains of this city that Brutus leads his final battle against the Roman army. Losing, he is compelled to escape and ends up committing suicide.<hr>
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                    Eighth Discourse – Berenice to Titus<hr>
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                             Berenice, Queen of Chalcis<hr>

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During the Judean War, Titus madly fell in love with Berenice, Queen of Chalcis and granddaughter of Mariamne. According to some beliefs, they secretly married. When they returned to Rome, the Roman people, who regarded all foreigners as barbarians, did not approve of the union, even if it involved a queen. As a result, Emperor Vespasian ordered his son to send her away. It is in this difficult situation that the distressed princess thus addressed the great Titus.<hr>
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                                  Berenice to Titus<hr>
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