“‘Not that I loved Caesar less, but that I loved Rome more’”(Julius Caesar 3.2.22-23). This opinion, spoken by Marcus Junius Brutus, was the deciding factor for multiple events that lead up to the tragedy of Julius Caesar. Additionally, this tragedy is debatably the most famous betrayal to a friend of all time, for it is the origin of the common saying “to backstab.” Within these 8 paragraphs, a comparison between Julius Caesar’s Brutus and Caesar and Harry Potter’s James Potter and Peter Pettigrew is to be made. Julius Caesar was perhaps the most beloved dictator in all of Roman History. Caesar was born in July the year 100 B.C.(Biography.com Editors). His father died when he was 16 and was raised in poverty by his mother, whom he
