Lucius Cassius Longinus (Consul 30)
Lucius Cassius Longinus († 41 ) was a Roman senator of the early Imperial era and consul in AD 30.
He came from a Roman noble family that had been in the republic since the 2nd century BC. Played an important role. The Caesar murderer Gaius Cassius Longinus was his direct ancestor. His father, Lucius Cassius Longinus , had been a suffect consul in AD 11 . Lucius and his brother Gaius were brought up by their father in the strict old Roman sense, but Lucius was rather affable and devoted to the beautiful. He allowed himself to be intrigued by the mighty Lucius Aelius Seianus against Germanicus ' son Drusus .
In the year 30, Lucius Cassius Longinus was ordinary consul, together with Marcus Vinicius . His brother Gaius was after him in the second part of the year as a successor in the office of suffect consul. When Tiberius took revenge on his followers after Sei's fall, Gaius Cassius Longinus took part in the Senate's outrageous comedy to appease Tiberius. In 33 he married Drusilla, a daughter of Tiberius Germanicus . In 36 he and his brothers-in-law Gnaeus Domitius Ahenobarbus , Marcus Vinicius and Gaius Rubellius Blandus were entrusted with assessing the damage caused by a fire in Rome. When his brother-in-law Caligula became emperor, he dissolved Cassius' marriage with Caligula's sister Drusilla. He was killed in 41 by Caligula, whom an oracle is said to have prophesied that Longinus would kill him.
literature
- Cassius 67. In: Paulys Realencyclopädie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume III, 2, Stuttgart 1899, Col. 1740.
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Cassius Longinus, Lucius |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Longinus, Lucius Cassius |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | roman senator |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1st century BC BC or 1st century |
| DATE OF DEATH | 41 |