# Brutus — The Federalist Papers character guide

> Brutus in The Federalist Papers by Alexander Hamilton.

**Role:** minor

**First appearance:** 0066-lxiv-the-powers-of-the-senate

## Who they are

Roman senator and assassin of Julius Caesar, cited in discussions of republican virtue.

## Relationships

### [The Amphictyons](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_federalist_papers_se/characters/the_amphictyons)

_social_

Brutus, an Anti-Federalist writer, cites the Amphictyonic Council as a flawed ancient confederacy to criticize the proposed Constitution.

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