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Gaius Cassius Longinus was the prime mover in the conspiracy against Julius Caesar.

Little is known of his early life. In 53 BC he served in the Parthian campaign under M. Licinius Crassus, saved the remnants of the army after the defeat at Carrhae, and for two years successfully repelled the enemy. In 49 BC he became tribune of the plebs. The outbreak of the civil war saved him from being brought to trial for extortion in Syria.

He at first sided with Pompey, and as commander of part of his fleet rendered considerable service in the Mediterranean. After the Battle of Pharsalus, he became reconciled to Caesar, who made him one of his legates. He then became Praetor Peregrinus with the promise of the Syrian province for the ensuing year. The appointment of his junior, Marcus Junius Brutus, as praetor urbanus deeply offended him, and he was one of the busiest Conspirators against Caesar, taking an active part in the actual assassination.

He then left Italy for Syria, raised a considerable army, and defeated P. Cornelius Dolabella, to whom the province had been assigned by the senate. On the formation of the triumvirate, Brutus and he, with their combined armies, crossed the HellespontHellespont (i. Sea of Helle" variously named in classical literature, Hellesponium Pelagus and Fretum Hellesponticum , was the ancient name of the Dardanelles. It was so-called from Helle, the daughter of Athamas, who was drowned here. This entry was orig, marched through ThraceThrace is a historical and geographic area in south-east Europe spread over southern Bulgaria, north-eastern Greece, and European Turkey. Thrace borders on three seas: the Black Sea, the Aegean Sea and the Sea of Marmara. History The indigenous population, and encamped near PhilippiFor the US town, see Philippi, West Virginia, and for the town in the Golan Heights, see Caesarea Philippi. For the zoologist, see Rodolfo Amando Philippi. Philippi was the capital of the province of Macedonia. It stood near the head of the Aegean Sea, ab in MacedonAlternate meanings: Macedon (village), New York; Macedon (town), New York Macedon (aka. Macedonia) was the ancient Greek state of Macedonia in the central-northern part of ancient Greece bordering with the ancient Greek state of Epirus on the west and the. Their intention was to starve out the enemy, but they were forced into an engagement. Brutus was successful against Octavian, but Cassius, defeated by Mark AntonyMarcus Antonius ( Latin: M·ANTONIVS·M·F·M·N) (c. 83 BC August 30 BC), known in English as Mark Antony was a Roman politician and general. He was an important supporter of Julius Caesar as a military commander and administrator. After Caesar's assassinatio, gave up all for lost, and ordered his freedman to slay him.

He was lamented by Brutus as "the Last of the Romans", and buried at ThasosThasos is the name of an island in the north of the Aegean Sea, off the coast of Thrace and the plain of the river Nestus (now the Kara-Su . The island was colonized at an early date by Phoenicians, attracted probably by its gold mines; they founded a tem. A man of considerable ability, he was a good soldier, and took an interest in literature, but in politics he was actuated by vanity and ambition. His portrait in Shakespeare's Julius Caesar, though vivid, is scarcely historical.

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