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Gaius (Servilius) Casca

Tribune of the plebs in 44 BCE

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  1. 44 BCE
    Tribune of the Plebs

    Broughton: Tribune in 44 (a), and one of the conspirators along with his brother P. Casca Longus (b), but according to Dio (44.52), he escaped the fate of Cinna (see above) by announcing that the name Casca was all that he had in common with the conspirator.

    Sources (3)
    • Broughton, MRR2
      • (a) Dio 44.52.2
      • (b) Cic. Phi.l. 2.27; cf. Suet. Iul. 82.1, alter e Cascis; Nic. Dam. Vit. Caes. 24, FGrH 2A.408f.; Plut. Caes. 66.5; Brut. 17.3; cf. App. BC 2.113, who names Gaius only, and Eutrop. 6.25, who mentions only one Casca; see Münzer, RE
      • Dio 44.52

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