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

Gaius Cassius Longinus, prime mover in the conspiracy against Julius Caesar.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 4 "Carnegie Andrew" to "Casus Belli" by Various

During this same time that Dyrrachium was being besieged Lucius Cassius Longinus and Gnaeus Domitius Calvinus had been sent by him into Macedonia and into Thessaly.

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