Quintus Cassius Longinus (Consul 164 BC)
Quintus Cassius Longinus († 164 BC ) was a Roman politician and consul in the 2nd century BC. Chr.
Quintus Cassius Longinus came from the plebeian family of the Cassier , who belonged to the nobility . Its branch with the Cognomen Longinus produced numerous important politicians who rose to consulate from the second century BC to the early imperial era . He himself must have been towards the end of the 3rd century BC. BC, because in Rome you could not hold a consulate until the age of 43. He was the son of a Lucius and the grandson of a Quintus.
Nothing is known about the beginnings of Cassius's career. In 167 BC He reached the praetor and was elected praetor urbanus . As such, he led the Macedonian King Perseus, who had been captured in the war of Rome against Macedonia , to his whereabouts, Alba, as determined by the Senate . He also brought the captured ships of Genthios to Dyrrhachium and Apollonia , both port cities on the Ionian Sea belonging to the Roman Empire . For the year 164 BC BC he was elected consul with Aulus Manlius Torquatus . He died during his consulate.
literature
- Friedrich Münzer : Cassius 69. In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume III, 2, Stuttgart 1899, Col. 1740.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Titus Livius , Ab urbe condita 45, 16, 3 and 8; 45, 35, 4; 45, 44, 4.
- ↑ Titus Livius, Ab urbe condita 45, 42, 4.
- ↑ Titus Livius, Ab urbe condita 45, 43, 10.
- ↑ Fasti Capitolini ad annum 164 BC Chr.
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| SURNAME | Cassius Longinus, Quintus |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Longinus, Quintus Cassius |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Roman consul 164 BC Chr. |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 3rd century BC Chr. |
| DATE OF DEATH | 164 BC Chr. |