Cassius Longinus
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noun
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Experts said they believe the coin was likely discovered more than a decade ago in an area of current-day Greece where Brutus and his civil war ally, Gaius Cassius Longinus, were encamped with their army.
From New York Times • Mar. 22, 2023
Cassius Longinus, Trebonius, and Marcus Lepidus had been sent to Spain after the battle of Pharsalia.
From Caesar: a Sketch by Froude, James Anthony
It had been set on foot by C. Cassius Longinus, a personal enemy of Cæsar's, and more than sixty persons were privy to it.
From A Smaller History of Rome by Smith, William, Sir
Its inhabitants reduced by Cassius Longinus, C. iii.
From "De Bello Gallico" and Other Commentaries by Caesar, Julius
Some were caught when it became day and lost their lives: others got safely away to Syria in the company of Cassius Longinus, the quaestor.
From Dio's Rome, Volume 2 An Historical Narrative Originally Composed in Greek During the Reigns of Septimius Severus, Geta and Caracalla, Macrinus, Elagabalus and Alexander Severus; and Now Presented in English Form. Second Volume Extant Books 36-44 (B.C. 69-44). by Foster, Herbert Baldwin
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