person
Gaius Cassius Longinus
Cassius
also: Cassius
Gaius Cassius Longinus (d. 42 BC), leading conspirator against Julius Caesar and initiator of the plot; cited by Lorán and the young poet as the archetype of a man who chose decisive action for principle, and by Lorán bitterly as what he himself could have become.
Reading notes
- Only a Joke §4 Cassius
Gaius Cassius Longinus (d. 42 BC), one of the principal conspirators against Julius Caesar; invoked by Lorán as the archetype of a man who took decisive political action, and by the young poet as a subject of patriotic verse.