MILITARY PERSONNEL

Gaius Cassius Longinus

214 BC - 154 BC

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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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gaius Cassius Longinus has received more than 1,793,425 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Gaius Cassius Longinus is the 1,515th most popular military personnel (down from 1,134th in 2019).

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  • 1.8M

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  • 51.35

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.20

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.37

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Over the past year Gaius Cassius Longinus has had the most page views in the with 237,933 views, followed by Spanish (1,865), and Russian (905). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Bulgarian (99.40%), Catalan (83.15%), and Finnish (27.67%)

Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Gaius Cassius Longinus ranks 1,515 out of 2,058. Before him are Pavel Kurochkin, Frederick Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts, Bernhard Rogge, Joachim von Kortzfleisch, Caupolicán, and Gisulf I of Friuli. After him are Honoré Charles Reille, Santiago de Liniers, 1st Count of Buenos Aires, Kijirō Nambu, Alvin York, Courtney Hodges, and Patrick Gordon.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 214 BC, Gaius Cassius Longinus ranks 2. Before him is Carneades.  Among people deceased in 154 BC, Gaius Cassius Longinus ranks 2. Before him is Tiberius Sempronius Gracchus.

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