Gaius Cassius Longinus

Gaius Cassius Longinus

Gaius Cassius Longinus was a Roman consul in the year 171 BCE, together with Publius Licinius Crassus. He was probably praetor urbanus in 174 BC. Cassius Longinus was not given a command position as he had hoped during the Third Macedonian War, and instead was sent to the northern border of Italy in the province of Illyria to man a defense against attacks from Macedon. Ignoring his orders, he decided to gather his army at Aquileia with thirty days worth of supplies and moved south into Macedonia. The Roman senate learned of his actions and recalled him back to Rome. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2024). Gaius Cassius Longinus is the 1,601st most popular military personnel (down from 1,516th in 2024). (down from 2,985th in 2019)