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Gaius Cassius Longinus (cos. 73)

Consul in 73 BCE. Nephew of Longinus of same name who was consul in 107 BCE

🏛️ Career

  1. 76 BCE
    Praetor

    Broughton: The latest date possible under the Cornelian law.

    Sources (1)
    • MRR2
    Career-overlap (5) Magistrates with the closest career overlap; red font indicates family member

    M. Terentius Varro Lucullus (cos. 73) (1 year; raw 4.00, base 0.800, final 0.800): 73 BCE (Consul)

    M. Iunius Iuncus (1 year; raw 3.00, base 0.600, final 0.600): 76 BCE (Praetor)

    M. Terentius Varro (1 year; raw 3.00, base 0.600, final 0.600): 76 BCE (Praetor)

    C. Claudius Glaber (1 year; raw 2.00, base 0.400, final 0.400): 73 BCE (Praetor)

    C. Scribonius Curio (1 year; raw 2.00, base 0.400, final 0.400): 76 BCE (Consul)

  2. 73 BCE
    Consul · Co-consul: M. Terentius Varro Lucullus (cos. 73)

    Broughton: The Consuls together carried a grain law (a). Lucullus may have begun his term of command in Macedonia in this year (b; see 72, Promagistrates).

    Sources (3)
    • Broughton, MRR2
      • CIL 12.2.896; SIG³ 747; Cic. Verr. 2.1.60; Cluent. 137; Fast. Cap., Degrassi 56f., 131, 486f. (M. [Teren]tius M. f. [- n. Var]r. Lucull., C. Ca[ssiu]s L. f. [-]); Chr. 354 (Varro et Licinio); Fast. Hyd. (Marco Lucullo et Cassio Longino); Chr. Pasc. (#); Oros. 5.24.1; Cassiod.; and on Lucullus, Ps.-Ascon. 222 Stangl.
      • (a) Cic. Verr. 2.3.163 and 173; and 5.52; Sall. Hist. 3.48.19 M
      • (b) Cic. Verr. 2.2.24; Ps.-Ascon. 261 Stangl
    Career-overlap (5) Magistrates with the closest career overlap; red font indicates family member

    M. Terentius Varro Lucullus (cos. 73) (1 year; raw 4.00, base 0.800, final 0.800): 73 BCE (Consul)

    M. Iunius Iuncus (1 year; raw 3.00, base 0.600, final 0.600): 76 BCE (Praetor)

    M. Terentius Varro (1 year; raw 3.00, base 0.600, final 0.600): 76 BCE (Praetor)

    C. Claudius Glaber (1 year; raw 2.00, base 0.400, final 0.400): 73 BCE (Praetor)

    C. Scribonius Curio (1 year; raw 2.00, base 0.400, final 0.400): 76 BCE (Consul)

🏺 Family

  1. Children
    Gaius Cassius Longinus (pr. 44) Lucius Cassius Longinus (tr. pl. 44)