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Brutus Condemning His Sons To Death, 1788. Creator: Guillaume Lethiere.

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Brutus Condemning His Sons To Death, 1788. Lucius Junius Brutus orchestrated a revolt to overthrow the last king of Rome and establish the Roman Republic in 509 BCE. Never again, Brutus decreed, would one man rule over the Roman people. However, in an act of defiance the brothers of Brutus’s wife Vitellia, and Brutus’s sons, Titus Junius and Tiberius Junius, secretly plotted to restore the monarchy. Their machinations were discovered and the consuls sentenced the traitors to death. Brutus was ordered to witness his sons’ executions; his stoic acceptance of their gruesome murder and his devotion to the Republic over his family became the powerful moral of this bloody tale.

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107,3Mo (3,5Mo) / 67,5cm x 39,9cm / 7971 x 4707 (300dpi)

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