Cassius Longinus
Family: Roman · Role: man of consular rank · First appears: Caligula 24
Life events
- Caligula took Drusilla from Cassius Longinus and kept her as his wife.(Caligula 24)
- Caligula ordered Cassius Longinus put to death after receiving an oracle warning about Cassius.(Caligula 57 · 📍 Asia)
- With: Caligula
- “The oracle of Fortune at Antium likewise forewarned him of Cassius; on which account he had given orders for putting to death Cassius Longinus, at that time proconsul of Asia”
- Nero killed Cassius Longinus for keeping Caius Cassius’s bust among his ancestors.(Nero 37)
- With: Nero Caius Cassius Julius Caesar
- “The charge against Cassius Longinus, a lawyer who had lost his sight, was, that he kept amongst the busts of his ancestors that of Caius Cassius, who was concerned in the death of Julius Caesar.”
Caligula 24
- married with Drusilla “When she was afterwards married to Cassius Longinus, a man of consular rank, he took her from him, and kept her constantly as if she were his lawful wife.”
Caligula 57
- enemies with Caligula “The oracle of Fortune at Antium likewise forewarned him of Cassius; on which account he had given orders for putting to death Cassius Longinus, at that time proconsul of Asia, not considering that Chaerea bore also that name.”
Nero 37
- enemies with Nero “From this period he butchered, without distinction or quarter, all whom his caprice suggested as objects for his cruelty; and upon the most frivolous pretences. To mention only a few: Salvidienus Orfitus was accused of letting out three taverns attached to his house in the Forum to some cities for the use of their deputies at Rome. The charge against Cassius Longinus, a lawyer who had lost his sight, was, that he kept amongst the busts of his ancestors that of Caius Cassius, who was concerned in the death of Julius Caesar.”
- elder kin: Caius Cassius “The charge against Cassius Longinus, a lawyer who had lost his sight, was, that he kept amongst the busts of his ancestors that of Caius Cassius, who was concerned in the death of Julius Caesar.”
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Extracted from the original text of The Lives of the Twelve Caesars. Made with Rho MD.