Publius Servilius Casca
Publius Servilius Casca Longus was a Roman politician of the 1st century BC. BC, best known as one of the conspirators against Gaius Iulius Caesar .
Casca is said to have been the first of the assassins who met Caesar on the Ides of March (March 15) 44 BC. Chr. Injured with a dagger stab. The following year he was tribune of the people , but had to leave Rome like the other Caesar murderers . Since this violated the constitution , his office was stripped of his office by decree. Casca served in 42 BC. Under Marcus Iunius Brutus as a legate in the east of the empire. He is said to have committed suicide after the battle of Philippi .
His brother Gaius Servilius Casca was friends with Caesar, but probably also belonged to the circle of conspirators (it is unclear whether he is identical with a tribune of the people of 44 BC with the cognomen Casca). Both are not to be confused with Marcus Servilius , who was also 43 BC. Was a tribune of the people.
literature
- Thomas Robert Shannon Broughton : The magistrates of the Roman republic . Volume 2. New York 1952, pp. 339, 365. Volume 3. Atlanta 1986, p. 193.
- Volker Fadinger : Servilius I. 19. In: The Little Pauly (KlP). Volume 5, Stuttgart 1975, Col. 142.
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| SURNAME | Servilius Casca, Publius |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Servilius Casca Longus, Publius (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Roman politician, one of the conspirators against Gaius Iulius Caesar |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 2nd century BC BC or 1st century BC Chr. |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1st century BC Chr. |