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5Some, however, say that it was not Brutus himself, but Strato, who at his very urgent request, and with averted eyes, held the sword in front of him, upon which he fell with such force that it passed quite through his breast and brought him instant death.[45]
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Notes
[45] The battles at Philippi occurred in 42 B.C., and Brutus was forty-three years of age when he died.