# Marcus Brutus — Leviathan character guide

> Marcus Brutus in Leviathan by Thomas Hobbes.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Mark

**First appearance:** 0003-part-i-of-man

## Who they are

Roman senator and assassin of Julius Caesar, discussed in political context.

## In the story

### [Of Imagination](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/leviathan_se/chapters/ii-of-imagination)

Cited as an example of a man whose troubled conscience and fear led to a dream (the apparition at Philippi) mistaken for a vision.

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