Gaius Cassius Longinus (consul 73 BC)
Gaius Cassius Longinus was a late Republic Roman politician .
In 73 BC He was elected consul together with Marcus Terentius Varro Lucullus and held the office of proconsul in the province of Gallia Cisalpina the following year . At that time he also participated in the suppression of the Spartacus War , but suffered a defeat against the rebels at what is now Modena .
70 BC Cassius was a witness in the trial against the criminal former governor Gaius Verres . Four years later he was one of the supporters of the lex Manlia , which Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus assumed command in the war against Mithridates VI. transmitted.
Gaius Cassius Longinus was the father of the Caesar murderer of the same name .
swell
- Titus Livius , Periochae 96
- Plutarch , Crassus 9.7
- Florus , Epitome 2,8,10
literature
- Friedrich Münzer : Cassius 58 . In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume III, 2, Stuttgart 1899, Sp. 1727 - {{{SE}}}.
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| SURNAME | Cassius Longinus, Gaius |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Longinus, Gaius Cassius |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Roman politician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | before 73 BC Chr. |
| DATE OF DEATH | after 66 BC Chr. |