CASS2050 C. Cassius (58) L. f. Longinus

Relationships

son of
? L. Cassius (62) L. f. Longinus (cos. 107) (Badian 1990)
father of
? L. Cassius (65) Longinus (tr. pl. 44) (Nicolet 1974)
? C. Cassius (59) Longinus (pr. 44) (Zmeskal 2009)

Career

  • Monetalis 84 (RRC) Expand
    • ref. 355 (RRC)
  • Repulsa (Tr. Pl.) before 82 (Pina Polo 2012) Expand
    • pp. 65-72 (Pina Polo 2012)
  • Praetor before 75 (Broughton MRR II) Expand
    • 1 The latest date possible under the Cornelian law. (Broughton MRR II)
    • p. 749, footnote 308 (Brennan 2000)
  • Consul 73 (Broughton MRR II) Expand
    • CIL 12.2.896; SIGĀ³ 747; Cic. Verr. 2.1.60; Cluent. 137; Fast. Cap., Degrassi 56f., 131, 486f. (M. [Teren]tius M. f. [- n. Var]r. Lucull., C. Ca[ssiu]s L. f. [-]); Chr. 354 (Varro et Licinio); Fast. Hyd. (Marco Lucullo et Cassio Longino); Chr. Pasc. (#); Oros. 5.24.1; Cassiod.; and on Lucullus, Ps.-Ascon. 222 Stangl. The Consuls together carried a grain law (Cic. Verr. 2.3.163 and 173; and 5.52; Sall. Hist. 3.48.19 M). Lucullus may have begun his term of command in Macedonia in this year (Cic. Verr. 2.2.24; Ps.-Ascon. 261 Stangl; see 72, Promagistrates). (Broughton MRR II)
  • Proconsul 72 Gallia Cisalpina (Broughton MRR II) Expand
    • Proconsul in Cisalpine Gaul (Liv. Per. 96; Oros. 5.24.4). Defeated by Spartacus at Mutina (Liv. Per. 96; Plut. Crass. 9.7; Flor. 2.8.10, P. Cassi; Oros. 5.24.4; cf. App. BC 1.117). (Broughton MRR II)