It is commonly believed that that wife of his committed suicide by swallowing hot coals, while earlier she had stabbed herself in the thigh with a barber's knife to convince him to confide in her.
On being told by his friend Acilius that this man's wife burst into tears in front of a painting of Andromache saying goodbye to Hector, this man replied that he would never say to her what Hector said. It is commonly believed that that wife of his committed suicide by swallowing hot coals, while earlier she had stabbed herself in the thigh with a barber's knife to convince him to confide in her. Before dying, this man cried, "Forget not, Zeus, the author of these crimes." Through his mother (*) Servilia Caepionis, this man claimed descent from the killer of would-be king Spurius Maelius, Gaius Servilius Ahala. This husband of Porcia Catonis, the daughter of his uncle Cato the Younger, defeated Octavian in the first phase of an engagement in which his co-commander, thinking this man had failed, committed suicide. That battle ended the Liberators' Civil War. For 10 points, name this Roman who, together with Cassius, died at the Battle of Philippi after leading the assassination of his close friend, Caesar. 
On being told by his friend Acilius that this man's wife burst into tears in front of a painting of Andromache saying goodbye to Hector, this man replied that he would never say to her what Hector said.
Marcus Junius  Brutus the Younger