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Gaius Cassius Longinus

d. 42 BCE · 1st century BCE

Gaius Cassius Longinus was a Roman senator and general, one of the leaders of the conspiracy that assassinated Julius Caesar in 44 BCE. Gathering forces in the East, he defeated the Rhodian fleet in 43 or 42 BCE and sacked the city of Rhodes for refusing to support him. He took his own life after the first battle of Philippi in 42 BCE.

Gaius Cassius Longinus
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