Digital Prosopography of the Roman Republic

CASS1583 L. Cassius (72) Longinus Ravilla

Status

Life Dates

  • 170?, birth (Sumner Orators) Expand

    Sumner R48, Develin p. 91.

Relationships

son of
? Q. Cassius (69) L. f. Q. n. Longinus (cos. 164) (Badian 1990)
? C. Cassius (55) C. f. C. n. Longinus (cos. 171) (Badian 1990)
father of
? L. Cassius (62) L. f. Longinus (cos. 107) (Brennan 2000)
? L. Cassius (63) Longinus (tr. pl. 104) (Zmeskal 2009)
? C. Cassius (57) L. f. Longinus (cos. 96) (Zmeskal 2009)

Career

  • Tribunus Plebis 137 (Broughton MRR I) Expand
    • Introduced a measure to extend the ballot to all popular trials except those for perduellio (Cic. Brut. 97; 106; Leg. 3.35-37; Sest. 103; Lael. 41; Corn. 1, fr. 50 and Ascon. 78 C; Schol. Bob. 135, and Ps.-Ascon. 216 Stangl; cf. Grueber, CRRBM 1.494f.; Cesano, Stud. Num. 1 [1942] 213f.), which was opposed by Antius and the Consul Lepidus (Cic. Brut. 97). (Broughton MRR I)
  • Praetor before 129 (Broughton MRR I) Expand
    • The latest possible date for their praetorships under the Lex Villia. (Broughton MRR I)
    • p. 739, footnote 123 (Brennan 2000)
  • Consul 127 (Broughton MRR I) Expand
    • Chr. 354 (Ravilla et Cinna); Fast. Hyd. (Longino et Cinna); Chr. Pasc. ({Gr}); Cassiod.; and on Cinna, CIL 1 .2.654. See Degrassi 126, 470f. (Broughton MRR I)
  • Censor 125 (Broughton MRR I) Expand
    • Cic. Verr. 2.1.143; Vell. 2.10.1; Frontin. Aq. 1.8; see Degrassi 126, 470f. They brought the Aqua Tepula into Rome (Frontin. Aq. 1.8), and punished Caepio's old enemy, the Augur Lepidus Porcina, for renting a house at 6000 HS (Vell. 2.10.1; Val. Max. 8.1, damn. 7, for building too high a villa at Alsium; cf. Cic. Brut. 97). They named P. Cornelius Lentulus Princeps Senatus (Cic. Div. in Caec. 69; Leg. Agr. 2.82; De Or. 1.211; Brut. 108; Phil. 8.14; Cat. 4.13; Val. Max. 5.3.2; Dio 46.20.5; see 131, Censors). (Broughton MRR I)
  • Censor 124 (Broughton MRR I) Expand
    • See 125. They completed the census (Liv. Per. 60) this year, after questioning C. Gracchus for returning from Sardinia before his commander. See Promagistrates. (Broughton MRR I)
  • Quaestor De Virginibus 113 (Rüpke 2005) Expand
    • Elected under Peducaeus' plebiscite as special inquisitor into the case of the accused Vestals (see above, Tribunes of the Plebs, and 114, Vestal Virgins), he condemned and put to death the two who had been acquitted by the Pontifices, and others besides, not without incurring some suspicion of political bias (Ascon. 45-46 C; Cic. ND 3.74; Brut. 160; Liv. Per. 63; Val. Max. 3.7.9; 6.8.1; Plut. RQ 83; Dio 26, fr. 87; Obseq. 37; Porphyr. in Hor. Sat. 1.6.30; Oros. 5.15.22; Macrob. Sat. 1.10.5, from Fenestella; Zon. 7.8; cf. coins of the Cassii, Grueber, CRRBM 1.482; Cesano, Stud. Num. 1 [1942] 219; see Münzer, APF 243-245, and RE s. v. "Marcia" no. 114). (Broughton MRR I)

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