Cassius and his colleague passed the lex Terentia Cassia that ordered the state to buy up grain in Sicily and sell it for a low price in Rome.[1] As proconsul of Cisalpine Gaul in the next year, 72 BC, during the Third Servile War, Cassius tried to stop Spartacus and his followers near Mutina (Modena) as the slave army was trying to break through to unoccupied Gaul, but suffered defeat and barely managed to get away alive.[2] Two years later, Cassius appeared as a witness for the prosecution, which was being led by Cicero, in the trial against the corrupt former governor of Sicily, Verres. In 66 BC, Cassius supported the Manilian law[3] that gave command of the war against Mithridates to Pompey; he was joined in this by Cicero, then praetor, whose famous speech in support of the same bill survives.[4]
This Cassius Longinus may have been the father of the more famous assassin of Caesar, Gaius Cassius Longinus.[5]
gaius, cassius, longinus, consul, romans, with, similar, names, cassius, longinus, disambiguation, french, band, cassius, band, gaius, cassius, longinus, roman, consul, together, with, marcus, terentius, varro, lucullus, cassius, colleague, passed, terentia, c. For Romans with similar names see Cassius Longinus disambiguation For the French band see Cassius band Gaius Cassius Longinus was a Roman consul in 73 BC together with Marcus Terentius Varro Lucullus Cassius and his colleague passed the lex Terentia Cassia that ordered the state to buy up grain in Sicily and sell it for a low price in Rome 1 As proconsul of Cisalpine Gaul in the next year 72 BC during the Third Servile War Cassius tried to stop Spartacus and his followers near Mutina Modena as the slave army was trying to break through to unoccupied Gaul but suffered defeat and barely managed to get away alive 2 Two years later Cassius appeared as a witness for the prosecution which was being led by Cicero in the trial against the corrupt former governor of Sicily Verres In 66 BC Cassius supported the Manilian law 3 that gave command of the war against Mithridates to Pompey he was joined in this by Cicero then praetor whose famous speech in support of the same bill survives 4 This Cassius Longinus may have been the father of the more famous assassin of Caesar Gaius Cassius Longinus 5 Notes edit nbsp Wikisource has the text of the 1911 Encyclopaedia Britannica article Cassius Cic Verr 2 3 163 and 173 Plut Crassus 9 7 Cic Manil 68 Cicero Pro lege Manilia or De imperio Cn Pompei see Kleiner Pauly under Cassius 15 Bibliography editBroughton T Robert S Magistrates of the Roman Republic vol 2 Cleveland Case Western University Press 1968 p 109 and 117 Bradley Keith Slavery and Rebellion in the Roman World Bloomington Indiana University Press 1989 p 96 ISBN 0 253 31259 0 Munzer Friedrich Cassius 58 Realencyclopadie der classischen Altertumswissenschaft RE PW volume III 2 column 1727 Stuttgart 1899 Selected ancient Sources editLivy Periochae 96 Plutarch Crassus 9 7 Florus Epitome 2 8 10 Orosius 5 24 4 Some of these sources are available in English translation from the Internet Ancient History Sourcebook http www fordham edu halsall ancient 3slaverevolttexts htm Archived 2011 06 28 at the Wayback Machine Appian Civil Wars 1 117 Political officesPreceded byL Licinius LucullusM Aurelius Cotta Consul of the Roman Republic73 BC With M Terentius Varro Lucullus Succeeded byL GelliusGn Cornelius Lentulus Clodianus Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Gaius Cassius Longinus consul 73 BC amp oldid 1173115481, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
