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Cassius Longinus
Cassius Longinus may refer to:*Cassius Longinus , a Greek rhetorician and philosopher*Cassius Longinus Cassius Longinus may refer to:*Cassius Longinus (philosopher) (c. 213–273), a Greek rhetorician and philosopher*Cassius Longinus (suffect consul) Cassius Longinus may refer to:*Cassius...

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  • Gaius Cassius Longinus
    Gaius Cassius Longinus
    Gaius Cassius Longinus was a Roman senator, a leading instigator of the plot to kill Julius Caesar, and the brother in-law of Marcus Junius Brutus.-Early life:...

     (died 42 BC), usually known as Cassius, one of the assassins of Julius Caesar
  • Saint Longinus, name ascribed to the Roman soldier who pierced the side of Jesus Christ on the cross
  • Longinus (literature)
    Longinus (literature)
    Longinus is the conventional name of the author of the treatise, On the Sublime , a work which focuses on the effect of good writing. Longinus, sometimes referred to as Pseudo-Longinus because his real name is unknown, was a Greek teacher of rhetoric or a literary critic who may have lived in the...

    , a Greek literary critic who may have lived in the 1st century, author of On the Sublime
  • Cassius Longinus (suffect consul) (fl.
    Floruit
    Floruit , abbreviated fl. , is a Latin verb meaning "flourished", denoting the period of time during which something was active...

     30–41), a Roman jurist and nephew of Gaius Cassius Longinus
    Gaius Cassius Longinus
    Gaius Cassius Longinus was a Roman senator, a leading instigator of the plot to kill Julius Caesar, and the brother in-law of Marcus Junius Brutus.-Early life:...

  • Cnaeus Pompeius Longinus
    Cnaeus Pompeius Longinus
    Cnaeus Pompeius Longinus, full name Cnaeus Pinarius Aemilius Cicatricula Pompeius Longinus.A Roman Legatus of the Iudaea Province. He is mentioned in a military brevet issued by Domitian, dated May 13, 86. Death by suicide.-See also:...

    , a Roman general
  • Longinus (Roman governor)
    Longinus (Roman governor)
    ... Longinus, Longus or Lentullus is the partial name of a governor of Roman Britain between 158 and 161.The only evidence for him is a fragment of an inscription which lists a few letters of the name and is open to interpretation....

     (fl. 158–161), a possible Roman governor of Britain
  • Cassius Longinus (philosopher) (ca. 213–273), a Greek rhetorician, critic and chief counselor to Zenobia of Palmyra
  • Saint Longinus (died c. 290) a companion of St. Victor of Marseilles
    Victor of Marseilles
    Saint Victor of Marseilles was a Christian Martyr. He is venerated as a saint in the Roman Catholic Church and the Eastern Orthodox Church.Saint Victor is said to have been a Roman army officer in Marseilles, who publicly denounced the worship of idols. For that, he was brought before the Roman...

  • Longinus (consul 486)
    Longinus (consul 486)
    Flavius Longinus was a politician of the Eastern Roman Empire, brother of Emperor Zeno and twice consul .- Biography :Longinus came from the region of Isauria, in Asia Minor...

     (fl. 486), brother of Eastern Roman Emperor Zeno
  • Longinus of Cardala
    Longinus of Cardala
    Longinus of Cardala or Longinus the Bald was a high-ranking Eastern Roman Empire official and rebel leader from Isauria.- Biography :...

     (died 497), Isaurian leader during the Isaurian War
  • Longinus of Selinus
    Longinus of Selinus
    Longinus of Selinus was one of the Isaurian leaders in the Isaurian War of 492–497.- Biography :The Isaurian War started as a revolt of the Isaurians against the Empire after the emperor of Isaurian origin Zeno had died and had been succeeded not by his brother, the Isaurian Longinus but by the...

     (died 498), Isaurian leader during the Isaurian War
  • Longinus (prefect), the Roman Pretorian prefect of Italy from 569 to 574
  • Bishop Longinus (fl. 6th century), a Christian missionary working in Alodia during Emperor Justinian I
    Justinian I
    Justinian I ; , ; 483– 13 or 14 November 565), commonly known as Justinian the Great, was Byzantine Emperor from 527 to 565. During his reign, Justinian sought to revive the Empire's greatness and reconquer the lost western half of the classical Roman Empire.One of the most important figures of...

    's reign
  • Johannes Longinus (1415–1480), Latin name of Jan Długosz, a medieval Polish historian

Fiction

  • Casca Rufio Longinus, a fictional character (based on Saint Longinus) in the Casca (series)
    Casca (series)
    Casca is a series of paperback novels, created and written by author Barry Sadler in 1979. The stories revolve around the life of Casca Rufio Longinus, a soldier in the Roman legions who is cursed by Christ on Golgotha for driving a spear into him...

     novels
  • Longinus (film)
    Longinus (film)
    -Synopsis:A war rages on, its end unknown, covering the world in despair. At a military field hospital, a group of soldiers bring in one of their own, wounded by a large, vicious, bite-like wound, along with a large box. The soldiers are visibly shaken. Suddenly, an enigmatic man appears...

    , a 2004 Japanese short directed by Ryuhei Kitamura
  • Longinus battle armor from the Battletech
    BattleTech
    BattleTech is a wargaming and science fiction franchise launched by FASA Corporation in 1984, acquired by WizKids in 2000, and owned since 2003 by Topps. The series began with FASA's debut of the board game BattleTech by Jordan Weisman and L...

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