Cassius Longinus

[ lon-jahy-nuhs ]

noun

1. Ga·ius [gey, -, uh, s], died 42 b.c., Roman general: leader of the conspiracy against Julius Caesar.

Cassius Longinus

/ ˈkæsɪəs lɒnˈdʒaɪnəs /

noun

1. Cassius LonginusGaius42 bcMRomanMILITARY: general Gaius (ˈɡaɪəs). died 42 bc , Roman general: led the conspiracy against Julius Caesar (44); defeated at Philippi by Antony (42)

Example Sentences

Experts said they believe the coin was likely discovered more than a decade ago in an area of current-day Greece where Brutus and his civil war ally, Gaius Cassius Longinus, were encamped with their army.

From New York Times

The father of the tribune, C. S. Calvinus, mentioned in the inscription, was consul with C. Cassius Longinus, B.C.

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Quintus Cassius Longinus, the brother or cousin of the murderer of Caesar, quaestor of Pompey in Further Spain in 54 b.c.

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But the Parthians were slow in following up their advantage and Crassus’ quaestor, Cassius Longinus, was able to hold Syria.

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The most modern of post-Christian Greek critics, however, is unquestionably Dionysius of Halicarnassus, who leads up to Lucian and Cassius Longinus.

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