Cassius Longinus

Cassius Longinus

Cassius Longinus is the abbreviated name of several historical persons:

*Quintus Cassius Longinus, with Marc Anthony, one of the pro-Julius Caesar tribunes who fled Rome in the lead up to Caesar's civil war
*Gaius Cassius Longinus (died 42 BCE), a Roman politician and one of Caesar's assassins
*Gaius Cassius Longinus (consul 171 BC), a Roman consul and censor
*Cassius Longinus (jurist) (1st ct. AD), a Roman jurist and nephew of the above
*Cassius Longinus (philosopher) (c. 213–273 CE), a Greek rhetorician and philosopher

It is also the name given to Longinus, a name in Christian mythology for the Roman soldier who pierced the side of Jesus on the cross, in the novel "The Spear" by Louis de Wohl.

ee also

* Cassia (gens)
* Longinus


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