Gaius Cassius Longinus

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Roman general Roman politician Roman senator assassin historical figure

Gaius Cassius Longinus was a Roman senator and leading instigator of the conspiracy that assassinated Julius Caesar in 44 BC.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Gaius Cassius Longinus canonical	13
Cassius	2
Cassius (Roman gens, probable)	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Roman general ⓘ Roman politician ⓘ Roman senator ⓘ assassin ⓘ historical figure ⓘ
allyOf	Marcus Junius Brutus ⓘ
associatedWith	Ides of March ⓘ Liberatores ⓘ
birthName	Gaius Cassius Longinus self-link ⓘ
characterization	depicted as manipulative and politically shrewd in later literature ⓘ
citizenship	Roman Republic ⓘ
conspiredWith	Decimus Junius Brutus Albinus ⓘ Marcus Junius Brutus ⓘ other Roman senators ⓘ
deathCause	suicide ⓘ
diedIn	Battle of Philippi ⓘ
enemyOf	Mark Antony ⓘ Augustus ⓘ surface form: Octavian
era	late Roman Republic ⓘ
familyConnection	brother-in-law of Marcus Junius Brutus ⓘ
historicalPeriod	1st century BC ⓘ
ideology	republicanism ⓘ
knownFor	leading instigator of the conspiracy to assassinate Julius Caesar ⓘ participation in the assassination of Julius Caesar on the Ides of March 44 BC ⓘ
languageSpoken	Latin ⓘ
legacy	remembered as one of Caesar's chief assassins ⓘ
memberOf	Roman Senate ⓘ
militaryCommand	Roman forces in Syria ⓘ
militaryRank	legatus ⓘ
notableEvent	commanded forces of the Liberators in the East ⓘ helped plan the assassination of Julius Caesar in 44 BC ⓘ
notableFor	leadership among the Liberatores ⓘ
occupation	conspirator ⓘ military commander ⓘ senator ⓘ
opposed	Julius Caesar ⓘ Gaius Julius Caesar ⓘ surface form: dictatorship of Julius Caesar
participatedIn	Battle of Philippi ⓘ Liberators’ civil war ⓘ surface form: Liberators' civil war assassination of Julius Caesar ⓘ
portrayedIn	Julius Caesar (play) ⓘ surface form: William Shakespeare's play "Julius Caesar"
positionHeld	Roman senator ⓘ governor of Syria ⓘ praetor ⓘ
roleInEvent	principal organizer of the plot against Julius Caesar ⓘ
spouse	Junia Tertia ⓘ

Referenced by (16)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Julius Caesar → opposedBy → Gaius Cassius Longinus ⓘ

Julius Caesar → assassinatedBy → Gaius Cassius Longinus ⓘ

Mark Antony → opponentInBattle → Gaius Cassius Longinus ⓘ

Caesar’s civil war → notableFigure → Gaius Cassius Longinus ⓘ

this entity surface form: Cassius

Roman civil wars → hasParticipant → Gaius Cassius Longinus ⓘ

Late Roman Republic → hasKeyFigure → Gaius Cassius Longinus ⓘ

Philippi → battleParticipants → Gaius Cassius Longinus ⓘ

this entity surface form: Cassius

Ides of March 44 BC → hasConspirator → Gaius Cassius Longinus ⓘ

Marcus Junius Brutus → alliedWith → Gaius Cassius Longinus ⓘ

Gaius Cassius Longinus → birthName → Gaius Cassius Longinus self-link ⓘ

Liberators’ civil war → commanderOfBelligerent → Gaius Cassius Longinus ⓘ

Battle of Philippi → commander → Gaius Cassius Longinus ⓘ

Marcus Livius Drusus Claudianus → supported → Gaius Cassius Longinus ⓘ

Via Cassia → namedAfter → Gaius Cassius Longinus ⓘ

this entity surface form: Cassius (Roman gens, probable)

Battle of Carrhae → commander → Gaius Cassius Longinus ⓘ

Battle of Carrhae → RomanCommander → Gaius Cassius Longinus ⓘ