The main political value that brutus and Cassius share is?
Brutus and Cassius considered rule by the peoples'
representatives in the Senate in Roman Democracy far advisable than
rule by an Emperor. After his magnificent diplomacy in Greece and
after his many unequalled victories on his way back after his
Egyptian tour, the Senate had already conferred on Caesar the
authority of Dictator. Though he was a very wise and judicious man,
Caesar was not tactful enough not to hint and suggest his
nomination and appointment by the Senate as the Emperor of All
Roman Lands. It was in that fateful Senate meeting that he was
stabbed by his trustful friend Brutus. But Brutus soon learned that
real democracy in Rome was a mirage, skillfully created by the
treachery and greed of Octavian, a crown-seeker. So the
disiilusioned he got himself killed by Cassius. The somewhat
repentant Cassius also took his own life. History says that even if
he had been appointed by the Senate as Emperor, Caesar would only
have ruled the Roman lands justfully. His diplomatic and military
strategy in enthroning Cleopatra in Egypt proves his statesmanship.
None other in his times in Rome could rise to his political and
administrative calibre. Therefore his killing in the Roman Senate
was unnecessary and hence Brutus and Cassius ensured preservation
of no political value. History existed in the recorded form far
earlier than Shakespeare and don't count on him for learning the
true facts of the ancient Roman lfe. He altered not the lives of
famous characters in history but their attitudes, to attain stage
success. His dramas were prepared not to be read as literary
creations but to be acted on stage for a living even though he
loathed doing it.