What would happen if marcus brutus became roman emperor?
Well, for starters, Brutus would NEVER be “emperor”; he was a staunch Republican. He joined the plot to kill Caesar exactly because he was afraid that Caesar would become king and destroy the Roman Republic: “Marcus Brutus: The most complex character in this play, Brutus is one of the men who assassinate Caesar in the Senate. Brutus is complex, because he does not kill Caesar for greed, envy nor to preserve his social position like so many of the other conspirators against Caesar. This Brutus makes very clear in his speech in Act III, Scene II (Lines 12-76), when he explains his actions as being for the good of Rome. Unlike the other conspirators, Brutus is in fact a dear friend of Caesar’s but kills his beloved friend not for who he is, but what he could become as a King. It is for this reason that when Brutus dies by suicide in Act V, Mark Antony describes his bitter enemy by saying “This [Brutus] was the noblest Roman of them all;” (Act V, Scene V, Line 68). Mark Antony recognizes w
