It’s a pun. The painting depicts the assassination of Julius Caesar. One of the most well known of the assassins was Caesar’s friend Brutus. In William Shakespeare’s play based on the event Caesar’s last words are “Et tu, Brute? Then fall, Caesar.” His actual last words are probably lost to time, but many people associate the line from the play with the event. As for the pizza thing, it’s probably just a setup for the joke.
Ceasar’s last words were
spoiler
“Ow! Stop stabbing me you assholes!”
Oooh, ow, ouch, owwie, ouch! Guys, for real, stop. I’m getting woozy, man!
lost to time? i thought christopher lee was there.
I thought Brutus was his son and his last words supposed to be “tu quoque fili”
I thought Brutus was his son and his last words supposed to be “tu quoque fili”
Caesar’s last words, according to some accounts, were “Kai su, teknon?” - “You as well, my son?”
It’s generally accepted that “my son” is meant figuratively here, as a younger man whom he considered affectionately, but some argue that Brutus was literally Caesar’s illegitimate son from an affair with his mother.
This is generally considered a fringe theory, as it would require Caesar to have been in his mid-teens when he seduced Brutus’s mother, but is not completely impossible.
Marcus Junius Brutus’s father was Marcus Junius Brutus, pleb tribune and founder of Capua (yes that Capua of Spartacus fame). He was later adopted by Quintus Servilius Caepio.
The only known biological son of Gaius Julius Caesar was his and Cleopatra’s son Caesarion. His only adoptive son was Octavian, later known as Augustus.
Yes that’s what I got from internet but it’s said he considered him his adoptive son. Apparently that’s a french thing, the “tu quoque mi fili” wikipedia page doesn’t even exist in english
Julius Caesar likes pizza
This has been well documented in ancient glyphs.
Julius Caesar’s famous last words were “Et tu, Brute?” (And you, Brutus?) Brutus was supposed to be his good friend, but Brutus betrayed him and was one of the collaborators in his assassination.
The historical Julius Caesar never said “Et tu, Brute?” Those words are famous from Shakespeare’s play Julius Caesar. (Although Shakespeare didn’t invent this phrase. He likely did think they were Caesar’s actual last words.)
Although there were conflicting reports that Caesar did say something similar, but he said “young man” instead of “Brutus” and he said it in Greek, not Latin.
I think part of the reason everyone today thinks it’s a real quote is that Shakespeare added this Latin phrase to a play that is written in English.
Meanwhile, the actual Julius Caesar, who we expect to speak Latin, is reported to have said his dying words in Greek.
The historical Julius Caesar never said “Et tu, Brute?” Those words are famous from Shakespeare’s play Julius Caesar. (Although Shakespeare didn’t invent this phrase. He likely did think they were Caesar’s actual last words.)
Thus inspiring today’s largely unneeded reminder that William Shakespeare shows all the signs of being who he was, a half-educated provincial who researched his plays with the middle-brow English translations floating around local print houses, and who was free to follow his (brilliant) instincts in part because he often didn’t know what he didn’t know. Anti-Strafordians are classist kooks.
Just a play on words with “Et tu Brute?”
Caesar proving why he deserved to get legally executed by a quorum of the senate for treason and poor pizza logistics
Everyone wants more than one slice you cheap ass, and even if they pretend they don’t your plan should be to have more than exactly enough so no one goes entirely without.
