Cassius Longinus

American  

[lon-jahy-nuhs] / lɒnˈdʒaɪ nəs /

noun

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

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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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Example Sentences

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

Antony, Lepidus, Trebonius, Calvinus, Cassius Longinus, Quintus Cicero, Sabinus, Decimus Brutus, Vatinius, were trusted with independent authority, only to show themselves unfit to use it.

From Caesar: a Sketch by Froude, James Anthony

But the Parthians were slow in following up their advantage and Crassus’ quaestor, Cassius Longinus, was able to hold Syria.

From A History of Rome to 565 A. D. by Boak, Arthur Edward Romilly

Servilius Caepio and L. Cassius Longinus, who had entered office in the previous year.

From A History of Rome During the Later Republic and Early Principate by Greenidge, A. H. J. (Abel Hendy Jones)

Acarnania, and Amphilochis, being reduced, as we have related, by Cassius Longinus, and Calvisius Sabinus, Caesar thought he ought to attempt the conquest of Achaia, and to advance farther into the country.

From "De Bello Gallico" and Other Commentaries by Caesar, Julius