Cassier
Cassius (German Cassier ) is the noun of the gens Cassia , one of the oldest plebeian families of the Roman Empire .
The Via Cassia from Rome to Arretium was built by the family. The Italian city of Cassano Irpino derives its name from the gens Cassia .
Significant bearers of the name Cassius (not necessarily members of the gens Cassia !) Were:
- Spurius Cassius Vecellinus , Consul 502 BC Chr.
- Gaius Cassius Longinus (Consul 171 BC)
- Quintus Cassius Longinus (Consul 164 BC)
- Lucius Cassius Longinus Ravilla (Consul 127 BC)
- Gaius Cassius Longinus (Consul 124 BC)
- Lucius Cassius Longinus (Consul 107 BC)
- Lucius Cassius Longinus (Tribune of the People 104 BC)
- Gaius Cassius Longinus (Consul 96 BC)
- Gaius Cassius Longinus (consul 73 BC)
- Gaius Cassius Longinus (conspirator) , murderer of Julius Caesar
- Quintus Cassius Longinus (People's Tribune) , People's Tribune 49 BC Chr.
- Lucius Cassius Iuvenalis , Roman suffect consul 158
- Lucius Cassius Longinus (tribune 44 BC)
- Lucius Cassius Longinus (suffect consul) , Roman senator and suffect consul 11
- Lucius Cassius Longinus (Consul 30)
- Publius Cassius Secundus , Roman consul 138
- Marcus Cassius Apollinaris , Roman suffect consul 150
- Gaius Cassius Regallianus , suffect consul 202
- Gaius Cassius Longinus (lawyer) , lawyer
- Gaius Cassius Parmensis , tyrant murderer
- Lucius Cassius Hemina , chronicler
- Aulus Cassius Arrianus , Roman suffect consul 132
- Tiberius Licinius Cassius Cassianus , Roman suffect consul 147
Other:
- Avidius Cassius , Roman counter-emperor
- Cassius (physician) , 1st century AD
- Cassius (martyr) , Christian martyr and Roman soldier
- Cassius Apronianus, father of Cassius Dios
- Cassius Chaerea, Centurion
- Cassius Dio , historian, consul around 205 and 229
- Cassius Dio (Consul 291) , Consul 291
- Cassius Felix , Roman physician in the 5th century
- Cassius Parmensis, lawyer
- Marcus Cassius Scaeva , centurion in Caesar's army
- Cassius Severus , speaker
- Cassius Troianus , Roman centurion
See also:
- Longinos (Kassios Longinos), Greek philosopher and philologist in the 3rd century