Cassius, a pupil of Sabinus, was head of the legal school called the Sabinians or Cassinians. His principal works are the libri (commentarii) iuris civilis in at least ten volumes, which only survive in quotes by later authors such as Iavolenus. After completing his term as suffect consul, Longinus served as proconsular governor of Asia in 40–41, then governor of the imperial province of Syria in 41–49. He was exiled by Nero to Sardinia in 65, but returned to Rome when Vespasian acceded to the purple.[3]
Tacitus includes a speech of Cassius, when he was a senator in the time of Nero, on the debate that arose when there had been mass protests in Rome when 400 innocent slaves were to be executed because they belonged to the household of Lucius Pedanius Secundus who had been murdered by his slave.[4][5] It is open to question as to what extent the speech we have reflected what Cassius actually said, and to what extent it represents Tacitus's views, though it is at least possible that Tacitus made use of the Senate's records; the hard line expressed is in line with what we know about Cassius.[6] In the speech Cassius conceded that the execution would be unjust. He also conceded it violated the rights of private interests but justified it on the grounds of the public good. The private interests that concerned him did not include any right to life for the slaves but the loss to the heirs.[6] Modern commentators side with those who protested at the time in regarding the law as inherently unjust.[6]
He married Junia Lepida, a descendant of Augustus. They had two children: Cassia Longina (born c. AD 35), who married the general Gnaeus Domitius Corbulo, and Cassius Lepidus (born c. AD 55). The latter married an unknown woman by whom he had a daughter, Cassia Lepida (born c. AD 80). She married Gaius Julius Alexander Berenicianus consul in AD 116 and proconsul of Asia in AD 132.
Kupisch, Berthold (2001). "Cassius Longinus". In Michael Stolleis (ed.). Juristen: ein biographisches Lexikon; von der Antike bis zum 20. Jahrhundert (in German) (2nd ed.). München: Beck. p. 124. ISBN3-406-45957-9.
gaius, cassius, longinus, consul, other, people, with, same, name, cassius, longinus, disambiguation, gaius, cassius, longinus, roman, jurist, politician, from, first, century, grandnephew, servius, sulpicius, rufus, also, nephew, great, grandson, gaius, cassi. For other people with the same name see Cassius Longinus disambiguation Gaius Cassius Longinus was a Roman jurist and politician from the first century AD A grandnephew of Servius Sulpicius Rufus he was also a nephew or great grandson of Gaius Cassius Longinus one of Caesar s assassins 1 Longinus was suffect consul of the second half of the year 30 as the colleague of Lucius Naevius Surdinus 2 Cassius a pupil of Sabinus was head of the legal school called the Sabinians or Cassinians His principal works are the libri commentarii iuris civilis in at least ten volumes which only survive in quotes by later authors such as Iavolenus After completing his term as suffect consul Longinus served as proconsular governor of Asia in 40 41 then governor of the imperial province of Syria in 41 49 He was exiled by Nero to Sardinia in 65 but returned to Rome when Vespasian acceded to the purple 3 Tacitus includes a speech of Cassius when he was a senator in the time of Nero on the debate that arose when there had been mass protests in Rome when 400 innocent slaves were to be executed because they belonged to the household of Lucius Pedanius Secundus who had been murdered by his slave 4 5 It is open to question as to what extent the speech we have reflected what Cassius actually said and to what extent it represents Tacitus s views though it is at least possible that Tacitus made use of the Senate s records the hard line expressed is in line with what we know about Cassius 6 In the speech Cassius conceded that the execution would be unjust He also conceded it violated the rights of private interests but justified it on the grounds of the public good The private interests that concerned him did not include any right to life for the slaves but the loss to the heirs 6 Modern commentators side with those who protested at the time in regarding the law as inherently unjust 6 He married Junia Lepida a descendant of Augustus They had two children Cassia Longina born c AD 35 who married the general Gnaeus Domitius Corbulo and Cassius Lepidus born c AD 55 The latter married an unknown woman by whom he had a daughter Cassia Lepida born c AD 80 She married Gaius Julius Alexander Berenicianus consul in AD 116 and proconsul of Asia in AD 132 See also editCassia gensReferences edit David Shotter 2 October 2012 Nero Routledge pp 114 ISBN 978 1 134 36431 2 Alison E Cooley The Cambridge Manual of Latin Epigraphy Cambridge University Press 2012 p 460 Vasily Rudich 15 August 2005 Political Dissidence Under Nero The Price of Dissimulation Routledge pp 50 ISBN 978 1 134 91451 7 Tacitus Annales XIV 42 45 Roman law the art of the fair and good PDF University of Cambridge Schools Classics Project 2017 Retrieved 13 April 2022 a b c Fear of slaves fear of enslavement in the ancient Mediterranean Anastasia Serghidou pp 151 2 nbsp Wikisource has the text of the 1911 Encyclopaedia Britannica article Cassius Kupisch Berthold 2001 Cassius Longinus In Michael Stolleis ed Juristen ein biographisches Lexikon von der Antike bis zum 20 Jahrhundert in German 2nd ed Munchen Beck p 124 ISBN 3 406 45957 9 Political officesPreceded byLucius Cassius LonginusMarcus Viniciusas ordinary consuls Roman consul30 suffect with Lucius Naevius Surdinus Succeeded byTiberius VSejanusas ordinary consuls Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Gaius Cassius Longinus consul 30 amp oldid 1181103479, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
