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Gaius Cassius Longinus (before 85 BC – October 42 BC) was a RomanSenator, a leader of the plot to kill Julius Caesar,^[1] and the brother in-law of Brutus.

Biography

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Early life

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Little is known of Gaius Cassius's early life. He studied philosophy at Rhodes and became fluent in Greek.^[2] He was married to Tertulla, who was a half-sister of his co-conspirator, Brutus.

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They had one son.

Quaestorship and Parthia

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Cassius's first office was as quaestor under Marcus Licinius Crassus in 53 BC, and he proved a good military leader. He travelled with Crassus to the province of Syria, and attempted to dissuade him from attacking Parthia, suggesting that they secure a base at the Euphrates.

Crassus ignored Cassius and led the army into the Battle of Carrhae, during which he also ignored Cassius' plans for strengthening the Roman line. The result was the most fam