Gaius Cassius Longinus - Wikipedia Cassius was elected tribune of the plebs for 49 BC, and threw in his lot with the Optimates, although his brother Lucius Cassius supported Caesar [27] Cassius left Italy shortly after Caesar crossed the Rubicon He met Pompey in Greece, and was appointed to command part of his fleet
Gaius Cassius Longinus | Roman Quaestor Assassin of Julius Caesar . . . Little is known of his early life As a quaestor in 53 bc, Cassius served under Marcus Licinius Crassus and saved the remnants of the Roman army defeated by the Parthians at Carrhae (modern Harran, Turkey) For the next two years he successfully repelled the Parthian attacks on Syria
Cassius - CliffsNotes Of all the leading characters in Julius Caesar, Cassius develops most as the action progresses At the end of Act I, Scene 2, he is a passionate and devious manipulator striving to use Brutus to gain his ends
Gaius Cassius (Roman Senator) - On This Day Cassius held a strong belief in the republican principles of Rome and was deeply troubled by the increasing concentration of power in the hands of Caesar His fear of Caesar's ambition and potential for tyranny drove him to plan and execute one of the most famous assassinations in history
Cassius - Wikipedia Avidius Cassius (130–175), usurper Roman emperor Cassius Chaerea, 1st-century Roman army soldier and officer in the Praetorian Guard and assassin of Emperor Caligula
Gaius Cassius Longinus - IMPERIUM ROMANUM Between 44 and 43 BCE Cassius took Smyrna (now Izmir) and killed its governor, Gaius Trebonius, for which the Roman Senate declared him an enemy public and sent troops against him under the command of Cassius Longinus
Gaius Cassius | Conspirator, Liberator Senator | Britannica Gaius Cassius was one of the assassins of Julius Caesar After the death of Caesar he joined the party of Marcus Junius Brutus and Gaius Cassius Longinus (the more famous Cassius and prime mover of the assassination)
St. Cassius Longinus - Catholic365. com In The Spear, Cassius refers to Caesar’s assassin as his “venerable great-uncle” but his status as an equestrian, rather than a patrician, is a key plot point in the novel