john gielgud said et tu brute in the book julius caesar.
who said et tu brute in the book julius caesar?
john gielgud
the dictator's last words are a contested subject among scholars and historians. suetonius himself says he said nothing, nevertheless, he mentions that others have written that caesar's last words were the greek phrase "" (transliterated as ""kai su, teknon?"": "you too, child?" in english). plutarch also reports that caesar said nothing, pulling his toga over his head when he saw brutus among the conspirators. the version best known in the english-speaking world is the latin phrase ""et tu, brute?"" ("you too, brutus?"); this derives from william shakespeare's "julius caesar" (1599), where it actually forms the first half of a macaronic line: ""et tu, brute?" then fall, caesar." this has no basis in historical fact. shakespeare was making use of a phrase already in common use at the time.
assassination of julius caesar
et tu, brute?
et tu, brute?