恺撒与布鲁图斯,历来是最具争议的两个人。自古以来,凡是自诩为自由战士的,往往都推崇布鲁图斯,认为布鲁图斯是“行刺暴君”“反抗暴政”的典范。但是看过《神曲》的人都知道,在地狱的最底层,有两个人受着永久的煎熬,一个是犹大,因为他背叛了基督;另一个是布鲁图斯,因为他背叛了恺撒。恺撒的死,并没有挽救共和派的命运,反而给他的继承者屋大维和他的旧部安东尼提供了内战的借口。内战更加速了共和派的灭亡,而再度由屋大维统一的罗马则是赤裸裸的军事专政。不过,无论什么时候出现在公共场合,屋大维的紫袍下面都穿着一件锁子甲。恺撒的命运他记忆犹新。 Caesar and Brutus have always been the two most controversial people. Since ancient times, those who self-proclaimed themselves as free fighters often respected Brutus and regarded Brutus as a model for “tyranny of tyranny” and “tyranny of tyranny.” But anyone who has seen the Divine Comedy knows that at the lowest level of hell two men were permanently tormented, one being Judas, because he betrayed Christ; the other was Brutus, who betrayed Caesar . Caesar’s death, which did not save the fate of the Republic, provided an excuse for civil war to his successor, Octavian, and his older brother, Anthony. The civil war accelerated the demise of the republican even more, and Rome, once again united by the Octavian, was a naked military dictatorship. However, whenever a public appearance occurs, a chain mail is worn under the purple robe of Octavian. Caesar’s fate, he remembered.