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Cassius Longinus

[lon-jahy-nuhs]

noun

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



Cassius Longinus

/ 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.

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The father of the tribune, C. S. Calvinus, mentioned in the inscription, was consul with C. Cassius Longinus, B.C.

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Quintus Cassius Longinus, the brother or cousin of the murderer of Caesar, quaestor of Pompey in Further Spain in 54 b.c.

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

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The most modern of post-Christian Greek critics, however, is unquestionably Dionysius of Halicarnassus, who leads up to Lucian and Cassius Longinus.

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