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“Et tu, Brute?” is a Latin phrase that was, according to legend, the last words of Julius Caesar. In English, the sentence means “You too, Brutus?” or “Even you, Brutus?”.
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Shakespeare, in his play 'Julius Caesar', gives Caesar's last words as "You too, Brutus ?" (may also be translated as "And you, Brutus" OR "Even you, Brutus?"). However, Suetonius (a famous Roman historian and biographer) reports his last words, (translated in English) as "You too, my child?".
Shakespeare deviated from these historical facts in order to curtail time and compress the facts so that the play could be staged without any kind of difficulty. The tragic force is condensed into a few scenes for the heightened effect.
i remember this it means: Why Brutus…because they were friends. And Brutus betrays him he does it because of the government's best.
Is this where the term "backstabber" comes from?