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Cassia gens The gens Cassia was a Roman family of great antiquity. The earliest members of this gens appearing in history may have been patrician, but all those appearing in later times were plebeians. The first of the Cassii to obtain the consulship was Sp ...

Gaius Cassius Longinus Gaius Cassius Longinus (c. 86 BC – 3 October 42 BC) was a Roman senator and general best known as a leading instigator of the plot to assassinate Julius Caesar on 15 March 44 BC. He was the brother-in-law of Brutus, another leader of the cons ...

(died 42 BC), Roman senator and a leader of Julius Caesar's assassination **

Avidius Cassius Gaius Avidius Cassius ( 130 – July 175 AD) was a Syrian Roman general and usurper. He was born in Cyrrhus, and was the son of Gaius Avidius Heliodorus, who served as ''praefectus'' or governor of Roman Egypt, and Julia Cassia Alexandra, who w ...

(130–175), usurper Roman Emperor * Cassius, pen-name of

Michael Foot Michael Mackintosh Foot (23 July 19133 March 2010) was a British Labour Party politician who served as Labour Leader from 1980 to 1983. Foot began his career as a journalist on ''Tribune'' and the ''Evening Standard''. He co-wrote the 1940 p ...

, British politician and writer *

Cassius of Clermont Saint Cassius of Clermont is venerated as a Christian martyr of the 3rd century. He was a senator who was converted to Christianity by Austromoine. Cassius was killed with Victorinus (a pagan priest who had also been converted by Austremonius), Ma ...

(died ''c.'' 260) *

Cassius of Narni Saint Cassius was a bishop of Narni in Umbria from 537 to 558, the date of his death. He was praised by St. Gregory the Great, and was noted for his charity. Cassius would offer Mass daily at the tomb of his predecessor Saint Juvenal of Narni, on ...

(died 558), bishop of Narni *

Cassius Marcellus Clay (disambiguation) Cassius Marcellus Clay may refer to: * Cassius Marcellus Clay (politician) (1810–1903), American politician and abolitionist * Cassius Marcellus Clay Sr. (1912–1990), American painter and musician, named after the abolitionist, father of the box ...

, several people, including: **

Cassius Clay Muhammad Ali (; born Cassius Marcellus Clay Jr.; January 17, 1942 – June 3, 2016) was an American professional boxer and activist. Nicknamed "The Greatest", he is regarded as one of the most significant sports figures of the 20th century, a ...

(1942–2016), birth name of American boxer Muhammad Ali **

Cassius Marcellus Clay Sr. Cassius Marcellus Clay (November 11, 1912 – February 8, 1990) was an American painter and musician. He was the father of three-time World Heavyweight Champion Muhammad Ali and Rahman Ali, and the paternal grandfather o ...

(1912–1989), father of the boxer **

Cassius Marcellus Clay (politician) Major-General Cassius Marcellus Clay (October 19, 1810 – July 22, 1903) was an American planter, politician, military officer and abolitionist who served as the United States ambassador to Russia from 1863 to 1869. Born in Kentucky to a wealt ...

(1810–1903), American abolitionist, nicknamed the "Lion of White Hall" *

Cassius Dio Lucius Cassius Dio (), also known as Dio Cassius ( ), was a Roman historian and senator of maternal Greek origin. He published 80 volumes of the history on ancient Rome, beginning with the arrival of Aeneas in Italy. The volumes documented the ...

(c. AD 155 or 163/164 – after 229), Roman historian *

Cassius D. Kalb Khalil "Saint Cassius" Walton is an American musician, recording artist and independent music publisher based in New York City. He gained notoriety as a musician for his contribution to the Grammy Award winning single "Just the Way You Are (Br ...

, an American musician *

Cassius Longinus (disambiguation) Cassius Longinus may refer to: In descending chronological order: * Cassius Longinus, end of 2nd century, beginning of 3rd century, historian only known through FGrHist 259. * Cassius Longinus (philosopher) (213 – 273 AD), a Greek rhetorician a ...

Cassius Stanley Cassius Jerome Stanley (born August 18, 1999) is an American professional basketball player for the Rio Grande Valley Vipers of the NBA G League. He played college basketball for the Duke Blue Devils. High school career Stanley first attended Ha ...

(born 1999), American basketball player *

Cassius Turvey Cassius Turvey was a 15-year-old Australian boy who was assaulted on 13 October 2022 in Perth, Western Australia, and died ten days later of his injuries. His death sparked vigils and rallies across Australia and internationally. A 21-year-old m ...

(2007–2022), Aboriginal Australian boy killed in Perth *

Cassius Winston Cassius Winston (born February 28, 1998) is an American professional basketball player for Bayern Munich of the German Basketball Bundesliga (BBL) and the EuroLeague. He played college basketball for the Michigan State Spartans. High school car ...

(born 1998), American basketball player

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Cassius (band) Cassius was a French musical duo consisting of producers Philippe Cerboneschi and Hubert Blanc-Francard, better known as Zdar and Boombass (or sometimes Philippe Zdar and Hubert Boombass). Under its different incarnations the duo is likened to ...

, a French electronic music duo * "Cassius" (song), a 2008 song by Foals * "Cassius", a 2017 song by Fleet Foxes on the album '' Crack-Up'' * Cassius Chrome, a House Robot in '' Robot Wars'' * Cassius Bright, a character in the video game '' The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky'' * Cassius Green, a character in the film ''

Sorry to Bother You ''Sorry to Bother You'' is a 2018 American surrealist black comedy film written and directed by Boots Riley, in his directorial debut. It stars Lakeith Stanfield, Tessa Thompson, Jermaine Fowler, Omari Hardwick, Terry Crews, Patton Oswalt, Davi ...

'' *Cassius au Bellona, a character in ''

Pierce Brown Pierce Brown (January 28, 1988) is an American science fiction author who writes the ''Red Rising'' series, consisting of ''Red Rising'' (2014), ''Golden Son'' (2015), ''Morning Star'' (2016), '' Iron Gold'' (2018) and ''Dark Age'' (2019). Pers ...

s Red Rising series of novels

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Cassius (crocodile) Cassius is a male saltwater crocodile (''Crocodylus porosus'') who was previously recognised by the Guinness World Records as the world's largest crocodile in captivity in 2011. The animal measures in length, weighs approximately and is estimate ...

, the world's largest captive crocodile *

Purple of Cassius Purple of Cassius is a purple pigment formed by the reaction of gold salts with tin(II) chloride. It has been used to impart glass with a red coloration (see ''cranberry glass''), as well as to determine the presence of gold as a chemical test. ...

, pigment used in stained-glass work

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