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798 LONGINUS..LONGINtrS.
llpoh tollius in the ode addressed to him (Carn. 3. Q. CASSIUS LONGINUS, son of No. 92, only
iv. 9) must, of course, be taken with as great de- known from the Fasti.,ductions as the reproaches of Velleius; but since
-the: poet expressly speaks of his freedom from all STEMMA LONGINORUM.
~*{Ivari~~~~~~~~ey~ - - -, ~~1. Q. Cassius Longisns,
~avarice tib.mil. B.c. 252.
"Vindex avarae fraudis et abstinens (L. Cassiusl onginus.)
Ducentis ad se cuncta pecmuiae," 2. Q.. Cassiu Longinus
Cos.B.c. 164.
we must believe that Lollius had not become notorious for his love of money till he accompanied C. 3. Q. Cassius Longinus, 4. L. Cassius Longinus
Caesar into the East. While in the East, Lollius 5. L. Cassius Longinus, Cers. B.c. 125.
incurred the displeasure of C. Caesar, owing, it is COs. B.c. 107. I
said, to his having betrayed to the Parthians the 8. C. Cassius Longinus,. L. Cassius Lo6inus, 7. C. Cassius
Cos...171. trib. ric h, B.. 1 04. Longiu....
plans of the Romans. Pliny states (I. c.) that Cos..c. 71. trib. pleb. c. 104. Longisu.9s,
Lollius put an end to his own life by poison, and C. Cassiu Longinus,
Velleius Paterculus (ii. 102), though he leaves it Cos. s. c. 124.
-uncertain, implies that such was the case, and adds 10. c. Cassius Longinus
that his death occasioned general joy. Varus, Cos. s. c. 73.
It is uncertain whether Lollius bore any cogno- 11. C. Cassius Longinus, - 12. L. Cassius 15. Q. Cassius;
Pr. n. c. 44. Percussor Longinus, trib. Longinus, trib.
men. In an inscription (apud Sigon. et Pigh. ad Caesaris n.arried Junia ple b. s. 44. pleb..c. 49.
ann. 732) he is called simply M. Lollius, M. F. Tertia. 1 Cassus 6. Cassius
Some writers suppose that this surname was Paul- 13. C. Cassius Longinus. Lolginus. (Lnginus)
linus, because his granddaughter was called Lollia 17. L. Cassius Longinus, 18. L. Cassius Longinus, B48
soc. Catil. B. c. 65. Cos. A- D. 36.
Paullina, and because we find an M. Lollius Paul- Soc. Catil. B.. 63. Cos. A.. 36.
linus who was consul suffectus A. D. 93; but this 219. C.Cassius Longinus
is not conclusive evidence, as we know that the
Romans frequently added cognomens, and changed 4. L. CASSIUS, Q. F.L. N. LONGINUS RAVILLA,
them, in the imperial period. In no ancient writer second son of No. 2e received his agnomen of
is Lollius mentioned with any surname. Ravilla from his ravi oculi. (Festus, s. v. Ravi.)
Lollius appears to have left two sons, to the He was tribune of the plebs, B. C. 137, and proeldest of whom Horace addressed two of his Epis- posed the second law for voting by ballot (tabellaria
tles. (ap. i. 2 and 18). In the latter of these lex), the first having been brought forward by
epistles Horace speaks of Lollius having served Gabinius two years before, B.C. 139. The law of
against the Cantabri in Spain. One of these Cassius introduced the ballot in the "Judicium
brothers appears to have obtained the consulship, Populi," by which we must understand criminal
though his name does not occur in the Fasti * for cases tried in the comitia by the whole body of the
the M. Lollius, the father of Lollia Paullina, whom people; but cases of perduellio were excepted from
Tacitus calls consularis (Ann. xii. 1), must have the operation of the law. This law gave great disbeen a son of M. Lollius, the guardian of C. satisfaction to the optimates, as it deprived them
of much of their influence in the comitia. (Cic. de
Caesd-r.
LO'LLIUS ALCA'MENES. [ALCAMENES.] Leg. iii. 16, Brut. 25, pro Sext. 48; Ascon. in
LO'LLIUS BASSUS. [BAssUs.] Corn. p. 78, ed. Orelli.) It is commemorated on
LO'LLIUS PAULLI'NUS. [LoLLIus No. many coins of the Cassia gens, a specimen of which,5.] is given below.
LO'LLIUS U'RBICUS. [RBICUS.]
LONGA'TIS (AoTyy lvs), a surname of Athena
(Lycoph. 520, 1032), which according to Tzetzes D
(ad Lycoph. 1. c.), she derived from her being wor- a
shipped in a Boeotian district called Longas, which
however is unknown. [. L. S.]
LONGI'NUS, AEMI'LIUS, a deserter from
the first legion, murdered Vocula, at the instigation COIN OF L. CASSIUS LONGINUS.
of Classicus, in the great revolt of the Treviri
against the Romans, A. D. 70; but was shortly Longinus was consul B. C. 127, with L. Corneafterwards put to death by the soldiers of the six- lius Cinna, and censor B. C. 125, with Cn. Servilius
teenth' legion. (Tac. Hist. iv. 59, 62.) Caepio. (Cic. Verr. i. 55.) Their censorship was
LONGI'NUS, CA'SSIUS, a celebrated plebeian celebrated for its severity, of which an instance is
family. related in the condemnation of M. Lepidus Porcina.:. Q. CAssIUS LONGINUS, tribune of the soldiers [LEPIDUS, No. 10.] Longinus had the character
in the second Punic war, B. C. 252, was sent by of great severity as a judex, whence his tribunal
the consul, C. Aurelius Cotta, to blockade Lipara, was called the scopulus reorum (Val. Max. iii. 7.
btit with strict orders not to engage in battle. As ~ 9); but he w.as at the same time looked up to
Longinus, however; disobeyed these orders, and as a man of great integrity and justice. It is resuffered a severe defeat, he was deprived of his lated of him that in all criminal trials he was accommand by Cotta. (Zonar. viii. 14.) customed to ask, before every thing else, with what.2. Q. CASsIUS, L. F. Q. N. LONiGINUS, grandson object (cui bono) a crime had been committed. It
of No. 1, was praetor urbanus B. C. 167, in which was in consequence of this reputation for justice
year he' conducted to Alba Perseus, the conquered and severity that, he was appointed by the people'
king of Macedonia. He was consul B. C. 164, with in B. C. 113 to investigate certain cases of incest,
A. Manlius Torquatus, and died in his year of because the pontiffs were thought to have improoffice. (Liv. xlv. 16, 35, 42;' Fasti: Capitol.) perly acquitted two of -the vestal virgins, Licinia'