Lucius Cassius Longinus Ravilla

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Lucius Cassius Longinus , called Ravilla because of his gray-yellow eyes , was a Roman politician and consul .

Lucius Cassius Longinus Ravilla came from the gens Cassia , one of the oldest plebeian families of the Roman Empire , who held numerous consuls and other important politicians in the Roman Republic and up until the imperial era . B. has found the Caesar murderer Gaius Cassius Longinus .

As is customary with the sons from families of the nobility , in the first half of the 2nd century B.C. Lucius, born in BC, started a senatorial career . He was named for the year 137 BC. Elected to one of the 10 tribunes of the people . In his year in office, he introduced the lex Cassia Tabellaria, the secret and written judgment in court proceedings, in order to counter the buying of votes. It was no longer possible to determine which judge had voted for or against an application. This proposal to introduce written voting with the exception of high treason trials was accepted by the tribes in the legislative committees .

After passing through the usual office successes, he himself was appointed together with Lucius Cornelius Cinna for the year 127 BC. Elected consul. In 125 BC He was censor together with Gnaeus Servilius Caepio . During their tenure they diverted the Aqua Tepula to Rome in order to improve the water supply in the growing Roman capital.

After his tenure he was a judge . He was considered particularly strict and fought against the spreading corruption of leading senators. Among other things, he punished his personal and political opponent Marcus Aemilius Lepidus Porcina for his excessive luxury. Typical of his way of negotiating in court was the question of cui bono ("who is good at?"). When the people with the lax negotiations of a court in the great vestal trial from 115 BC BC was dissatisfied with the allegedly immoral conduct of some Vestals, the Comitia elected Sextus Peducaeus at the request of the People's Tribune in 113 BC. Chr. Lucius Cassius Longinus as judge of a special court, which sentenced the previously acquitted Vestals Licinia and Marcia to death.

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Marcus Tullius Cicero , Brutus 97, 106.
  2. ^ Marcus Tullius Cicero, Brutus 97.
  3. ^ Marcus Tullius Cicero, Roscius 84.
personal data
SURNAME Cassius Longinus Ravilla, Lucius
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Ravilla, Lucius Cassius Longinus
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Roman consul and tribune of the people
DATE OF BIRTH 3rd century BC BC or 2nd century BC Chr.
DATE OF DEATH 2nd century BC BC or 1st century BC Chr.