Lucius Junius Brutus was the semi-legendary founder of the Roman Republic and traditionally one of its two first consuls. Depicted as responsible for the expulsion of his uncle, the Roman king Tarquin
Portrait of Lucius Junius Brutus on a denarius minted by Marcus Junius Brutus in 54 BC
The Capitoline Brutus (now in the Capitoline Museums) is a bronze bust dated 4th to early 3rd centuries BC. It was initially thought to be a bust of Lucius Brutus (hence its name), but modern scholars have rejected this attribution.
"The oath of Brutus" by François-Joseph Navez
Edmund Kean as Brutus by James Northcote, 1819
The gens Lucretia was a prominent family of the Roman Republic. Originally patrician, the gens later included a number of plebeian families. The first of the Lucretii to obtain the consulship was Spur
Lucius Junius Brutus supporting the body of Lucretia Statue at Schönbrunn Palace, Vienna