Lucius Cassius Longinus was a

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senator, who was active during the reigns of

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and Caligula. He was ordinary consul in the year AD 30 with Marcus Vinicius as his colleague. Longinus came from an ancient and

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'' gens'', the

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. He is best known as the first husband of the

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Caligula's sister Julia Drusilla, whom he married in 33. In early 37, he was appointed by

as a commissioner. After Caligula became

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later that year, he ordered Longinus to divorce Drusilla so that she could marry Marcus Aemilius Lepidus. While Longinus was

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ar governor of

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(40/41), Caligula ordered his execution based on an oracle which Caligula interpreted as indicating that Cassius would assassinate him.Suetonius, ''The Lives of the Caesars'', "Life of Caligula", 57

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