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  Gaius Cassius Longinus - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Gaius Cassius Longinus (before 85 BC – October 42 BC) was a Roman senator and the prime mover in the conspiracy against Julius Caesar.
Cassius was elected tribune of the Plebs in 49 BC, and threw in his lot with the Optimates, fleeing Italy as Caesar crossed the Rubicon.
Cassius was overtaken by Caesar en route, and was forced to surrender unconditionally.
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 Cassius - LoveToKnow 1911
Gaius Cassius aonginus, consul 73 B.C. With his colleague, Terentius Varro aucullus, he passed a law (lex Terentia Cassia), the object of which was to give authority for the purchase of corn at the public expense, to be retailed at a fixed price at Rome.
Quintus Cassius aonginus, the brother or cousin of the murderer of Caesar, quaestor of Pompey in Further Spain in 54 B.C. In 49, as tribune of the people, he strongly supported the cause of Caesar, by whom he was made governor of Further Spain.
Gaius Cassius aonginus (1st century A.D.), Roman jurist, consul in 30, proconsul of Asia 40-41, and governor of Syria under Claudius 45-50.
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 Gaius Cassius Longinus (tirannendoder) - Wikipedia
Gaius Cassius Longinus was een Senator die een belangrijke rol in het complot tegen Julius Caesar speelde.
Cassius was gehuwd met Iunia Tertia, een zuster van Brutus.
Toen Antonius in de eerste slag bij Philippi het kamp van Cassius veroverde, pleegde deze zelfmoord: hij gaf Pindarus opdracht hem te doden (3 oktober 42 v.
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 Cassius - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Gaius Cassius Longinus, a Roman general and conspirator against Julius Caesar
Cassius Clay, the birthname of boxer Muhammad Ali
Cassius Marcellus Clay (abolitionist), an abolitionist from Madison County, Kentucky
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 YourArt.com >> Encyclopedia >> Longinus   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Cassius Dionysius Longinus was an ethnic Greek rhetorician and philosophical critic who became chief counsellor in state affairs to Zenobia, queen of Palmyra.
Longinus is also the name given in Christian mythology to the Roman soldier who pierced the side of Jesus on the cross.
Longinus of Cardala, brother of the Byzantine Emperor Zeno; revolted against his successor, Anastasius I, but failed.
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 Cassius Longinus in directory.co.uk
Gaius Cassius Longinus (Before 85 BC - October, 42 BC) was a Roman senator and the prime mover in the conspiracy against Gaius Julius...
Cassius Longinus is the abbreviated name of several historical persons:...
Gaius Cassius Longinus (died 42 BCE), a Roman politician and one...
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 Gaius Cassius Longinus - Wikipedia
Gaius Cassius Longinus was een zeer populaire naam in de gens Cassia.
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 NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Cassius
Cassius are a French electronic music duo comprising Phillipe Zdar and Hubert Blanc-Francart (also known as Boombass).
Cassius was born on October 19, 1810 to General Green Clay and his wife, Sallie (Lewis) Clay, at Clermont, their home in the Richmond area of Madison County, Kentucky.
Cassius attended the Madison Seminary, St. Joseph's College in Bardstown, Transylvania University in Lexington, and then Yale, where in 1832 he was impressed by an anti-slavery speech by the abolitionist William Lloyd Garrison.
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 Lean and Hungry Cassius
Cassius was one of several leaders of the plot and, after the fact, it was decided that he had been the key plotter.
Cassius eventually went back to his old power base in Syria, and there after defeating Antony's governor, Dolabella, and taking possession of the ill-fated horse, he raised a big army from the legions that were loyal to him personally.
Cassius, seeing only the smaller picture, the enemy troops in his camp, and not knowing that salvation was at hand, ordered his trusted shield bearer to help him commit suicide.
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 Longinus   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
A historical figure named Gaius Cassius Longinus was one of the conspirators responsible for the death of Gaius Julius Caesar.
The name Longinus is also given in Christian folklore to the Roman soldier who pierced the side of Jesus Christ on the cross.
The spear used is known as the Spear of Destiny, or Lance of Longinus, and figures into the Holy Grail mythos.
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 Gaius Cassius Longinus
Cassius may refer to: Gaius Cassius Longinus, a Roman general and conspirator against Julius Caesar; Cassius (band), a French electronic music duo; Cassius Clay, the birthname of boxer Muhammad Ali...
Gaius Cassius Longinus, a Roman general and conspirator against Julius Caesar; Cassius (band),...
At the crucifixion of Jesus, the Spear was in the possession of the Roman Centurion, Gaius Cassius Longinus.
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 Caius Cassius Longinus in directory.co.uk
B.C.-42 B.C. He and Caius Cassius Longinus (see under Cassius) were the principal assassins of Julius Caesar.
The primary instigator is believed to have been the staunch Republican Caius Cassius Longinus.
LONGINUS [Longinus] (Cassius Longinus), c.213-273, Greek rhetorician and philosopher of...
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 Cassius   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Gaius Cassius Longinus (?-42 B.C.) was a Roman general, and conspirator against Caesar.
Cassius, a collier, was built in 1883 by Reiherstieg, Hamburg, Germany, as Rhaetia; purchased by the Navy 24 May 1898; converted at Norfolk Navy Yard; commissioned 6 June 1898, Commander S. Very in command; and reported to the North Atlantic Fleet.
She was refitted for use as a transport, and sold to the War Department 16 September 1899.
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 Leaders and Battles: Cassius Longinus, Gaius
Roman general who participated in the Wars of the Second Triumvirate, and was one of the assassins of Julius Caesar.
Cassius earned accolades when he appeared invincible during the war against the Parthians (53 B.C. In 49 B.C., as fleet commander under Pompey the Great,, he went up against Caesar in a civil war.
Although Caesar later pardoned him, and then appointed him legate, Cassius was one of the primary conspirators who plotted Caesar’s assassination.
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 Cassius Longinus
The bust of Cassius was also created on request of the artist's husband who had to shave his beard in order to qualify as a model.
Gaius Cassius Longinus was a Roman Centurion attached to the garrison at Jerusalem under the command of the Judaean
Longinus was the acting Provost Captain in charge of Jesus' execution at Golgatha 'The Place of the Skull'.
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 Gaius Cassius Longinus - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Gaius Cassius Longinus
In the first battle, he commanded the left flank and was defeated by Mark Antony.
Unaware that the right flank under Brutus had achieved success, Cassius despaired of the situation and committed suicide.
This information should not be considered complete, up to date, and is not intended to be used in place of a visit, consultation, or advice of a legal, medical, or any other professional.
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 Gaius Cassius Longinus   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Cassius was the person who started the whole conspiracy.
After Caesar was murdered, Cassius raised an army to battle Antony.
With Brutus, the Triumvirate was defeated at the first battle of Philippi, but Cassius fell in battle.
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 The Holy Lance of Longinus
This person, General Gaius Cassius Longinus would have had to be over 100 years old in the 30's AD, so he is most likely not the actual soldier who placed the spear into the side of Christ.
According to the hagiography, Longinus, now converted, left the army and studied under the Apostles, and ultimately became a monk (and this at a time when there not yet were monasteries) at Caesarea in Cappodocia.
There, poor Longinus ran afoul of the law because of his new faith and, we are told, was involved with yet another miraculous cure.
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 Cassius -- Gaius Cassius Longinus gilt neben seinem Freund und Schwager Marc...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Gaius Cassius Longinus gilt neben seinem Freund und Schwager Marcus Iunius Brutus als das Haupt der Verschwörung gegen Gaius Iulius Caesar.
Nachdem sich der von Caesar testamentarisch adopterte Oktavian (der spätere Augustus), Marcus Aemilius Lepidus und Marcus Antonius zum Zweiten Triumvirat zusammengeschlossen hatten, vereinigten sich Cassius und Marcus Iunius Brutus und zogen mit ihren Legionen über den Hellespont durch Thrakien bis in die Nähe von Philippi in Makedonien.
Cassius wusste nichts vom Erfolg seines Mitstreiters Brutus und befahl deshalb seinem Freigelassenen, ihn zu töten.
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 The mystery of Gaius Cassius (Longinius?)
CASSIUS, GAIUS, Latin poet, general and politician, called Parmensis from his birthplace Parma,was one of the murderers of Julius Caesar, and after his death joined the party of Brutus and his namesake Cassius the conspirator.
Horace appears to have thought well of Cassius as a poet, for be asks Tibullus whether he intends to compete with the opzsscula (probably the elegies) of Cassius (Epistles, i.
Well, Brutus and Cassius actually wanted to recruit the aid of Parthians against the triumvirate of Octavius, Antony and Lepidus (most probably Lepidus=Cleph, a Lombard king of Italy, and Labienus=Alboin, the Lombard king before Cleph, who must have lost his life in the shuffle of Caesar's death).
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 Longinus a Greek literary literary critic critic who may have lived...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Longinus", a Greek literary literary critic critic who may have lived in the 1st century CE, wrote a treatise "On the Sublime".
Gaius Cassius Longinus Gaius Cassius Longinus, a 1st century 1st century jurist
"Longinus Longinus" is also the name given in Christian mythology Christian mythology to the Roman Roman soldier who pierced the side of Jesus Christ Jesus Christ on the cross.
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 Detail Page
Cassius marched to war against Parthia under Crassus, holding the rank of quaestor.
By 44, conspiracies were widespread throughout Rome, with Cassius emerging as the leader of the most dangerous of the plots against Caesar.
Instead of Syria, he was given the province of Cyrene by the Senate.
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 SK12: "Caedis caesarem, ÜBERSETZUNG" auf keinverlag.de
Gaius Cassius Longinus fragte Cäsar, ob sein Sohn freigelassen wird.
Caecilius Bucilianus und dessen Bruder, Pacuvius Antistius Labeo, Publius Turullius Rubrius Ruga, Pontius Aquila,Marcus Spurius, Gaius Cassius Parmensis die Brüder Gaius Servilius Casca und Publius Servilius Casca Longus, Sextius Naso und ein Petronius.
31- Octavian besiegt in der Schlacht bei Aktion seinen letzten Konkurrenten Antonius; C. Cassius Parmensis flüchtet von dort nach Athen und wo er auf Octavians Befehl hin als letzter Mörder Caesars getötet wird.
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 Gaius Cassius Longinus
Gaius Cassius Longinus was a descendant of the famed Cassius of the same name, and a famous jurist, governor and one of the sober figures in the Emperor during the reigns of Caligula and Nero.
In 58, he criticized Nero for having too many honors, later supporting the policy of slaughtering the slaves belonging to a murdered owner.
In 65, charged with revering too greatly his ancestor Cassius, he was banished by Nero to Sardinia.
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 Gaius Cassius Longinus - Wikimedia Commons
English: Gaius Cassius Longinus (Before 85 BC - October, 42 BC) was a Roman senator and the prime mover in the conspiracy against Julius Caesar
Gaius Cassius Longinus),senatore romano, fu il promotore della cospirazione contro Giulio Cesara
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