Publius Valerius Poplicola or Publicola was one of four Roman aristocrats who led the overthrow of the monarchy, and became a Roman consul, the colleague of Lucius Junius Brutus in 509 BC, traditional
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