...it's fascinating to see Brutus get treated as practically the hero of the tale. In the entire series, I think he's the only person who comes across as consistently good, noble and well-meaning. (If a tad weak.) Sadly, he's on the wrong side of history...
One of my proudest role-playing moments was when I played Cicero and had to defend Brutus for the muder of Caesar. Once my character was assigned the case, the history major in the player took over. I grabbed the two copies of Cicero's essays that I had brought to the con with me (as reference material) and started looking for excerpts about the good of the state. Then I cobbled a new essay together from bit of other ones and made that my arguments before the jury. The other players were impressed and (along with judicious bribary - which was the way the in-game and real-world legal system worked) we won.
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One of my proudest role-playing moments was when I played Cicero and had to defend Brutus for the muder of Caesar. Once my character was assigned the case, the history major in the player took over. I grabbed the two copies of Cicero's essays that I had brought to the con with me (as reference material) and started looking for excerpts about the good of the state. Then I cobbled a new essay together from bit of other ones and made that my arguments before the jury. The other players were impressed and (along with judicious bribary - which was the way the in-game and real-world legal system worked) we won.