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Cassius Longinus

American  
[lon-jahy-nuhs] / lɒnˈdʒaɪ nəs /

noun

  1. Gaius died 42 b.c., Roman general: leader of the conspiracy against Julius Caesar.


Cassius Longinus British  
/ ˈkæsɪəs lɒnˈdʒaɪnəs /

noun

  1. Gaius (ˈɡaɪəs). died 42 bc , Roman general: led the conspiracy against Julius Caesar (44); defeated at Philippi by Antony (42)

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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 also is present, my wife's guardian and trustee, a man of the loftiest and most irreproachable character.

From The Apologia and Florida of Apuleius of Madaura by Butler, Harold Edgeworth

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

The Porta Ercole is simpler, and probably older; it bears the names of two duumvirs, Lucius Cassius Longinus and Lucius Calphurnius Piso, and some rough carving.

From The Shores of the Adriatic The Austrian Side, The Küstenlande, Istria, and Dalmatia by Jackson, F. Hamilton (Frederick Hamilton)

The prefecture of Syria was confided to Cassius Longinus, under whom served, as procurator of Judea, Caspius Fadus, a stern though an upright soldier.

From Palestine or the Holy Land From the Earliest Period to the Present Time by Russell, Michael

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