Cassius Longinus
Gaius
[gey-uh s] /ˈgeɪ əs/ (Show IPA), died 42 b.c, Roman general: leader of the conspiracy against Julius Caesar.
Historical Examples
Cassius Longinus also is present, my wife’s guardian and trustee, a man of the loftiest and most irreproachable character.
The Apologia and Florida of Apuleius of Madaura Lucius Apuleius
She had been given to Cassius Longinus, but Caligula took her from him and kept her as though she were his lawful wife.
Roman Women Alfred Brittain
Her tutor in philosophy was the famous Greek, Cassius Longinus.
Female Warriors, Vol. I (of 2) Ellen C. Clayton
noun
Gaius (ˈɡaɪəs). died 42 bc, Roman general: led the conspiracy against Julius Caesar (44); defeated at Philippi by Antony (42)
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