Plot hole: When the two boys grow older they set aside their first name and go by their second. Gaius was called Julius instead while Marcus was called Brutus. This is however inconsistent. Gaius full name was Gaius Julius Caesar and Marcus' was Marcus Junius Brutus. They should either have been called Caesar and Brutus or Julius and Junius, not Julius and Brutus.

Plot hole: When the two boys grow older they set aside their first name and go by their second. Gaius was called Julius instead while Marcus was called Brutus. This is however inconsistent. Gaius full name was Gaius Julius Caesar and Marcus' was Marcus Junius Brutus. They should either have been called Caesar and Brutus or Julius and Junius, not Julius and Brutus.

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