person
Lucius Cassius Longinus
L. Cassius
also: Lucius Cassius, Cassius
A heavyset senator and member of the Catilinarian conspiracy who handled the recruitment of the Allobroges and was assigned the arson of Rome. He fled before the arrests and was condemned in absence.
Reading notes
- For Publius Sulla §36 Lucius Cassius
L. Cassius Longinus, a corpulent senator and Catilinarian conspirator who handled the negotiations with the Allobroges and was assigned the burning of Rome. Cicero parses Cassius's evasive answer to the Gauls to show it contained no charge against Sulla.