He was raised by Cato the Younger, his mother's half-brother, and when Cato died, he asked Cicero to write a eulogy, but rejected it as "effeminate and spineless." Although he hated Pompey for killing his father, he allied with Pompey until after Pharsalus, but he is better 
He was raised by Cato the Younger, his mother's half-brother, and when Cato died, he asked Cicero to write a eulogy, but rejected it as "effeminate and spineless." Although he hated Pompey for killing his father, he allied with Pompey until after Pharsalus, but he is better known for an alliance with Cassius.  For 10 points, name this man who was beaten by Antony and Octavian at Philippi after plotting against Caesar.
He was raised by Cato the Younger, his mother's half-brother, and when Cato died, he asked Cicero to write a eulogy, but rejected it as "effeminate and spineless."
Marcus Junius Brutus