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Cassius may refer to: People Ancient world * Cassius, an ancient Roman family name: see Cassia gens ** Gaius Cassius Longinus (died 42 BC), Roman senator and a leader of Julius Caesar's assassination ** Avidius Cassius (130–175), usurper Roman emperor * Cassius Chaerea, 1st-century Roman army soldier and officer in the Praetorian Guard and assassin of Emperor Caligula * Cassius Dio (c. AD 155 or 163/164–after 229), Roman historian * Cassius Longinus (other) * Cassius of Clermont (died c. 260), Roman senator and Christian martyr * Cassius of Narni (died 558), Bishop of Narni Modern world * Cassius Clay (1942–2016), birth name of American boxer Muhammad Ali * Cassius Marcellus Clay Sr. (1912–1989), father of the boxer * Cassius Marcellus Clay (1810–1903), American abolitionist, nicknamed the "Lion of White Hall" * Cassius Stanley (born 1999), American basketball player * Cassius Turvey (2007–2022), Aboriginal Australian boy killed in Perth * Cassius Winston ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 Spurius Cassius Vecellinus, in 502 BC. He proposed the first agrarian law, for which he was charged with aspiring to make himself king, and put to death by the patrician nobility. The Cassii were amongst the most prominent families of the later Republic, and they frequently held high office, lasting well into imperial times. Among their namesakes are the Via Cassia, the road to Arretium, and the village of Cassianum Hirpinum, originally an estate belonging to one of this family in the country of the Hirpini.''Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology'', vol. I, pp. 621, 622 ("Cassia Gens"). Their most famous member is Gaius Cassius Longinus, an assassin of Julius Caesar alongside Brutus. Origin A possible clue to the ori ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cassius Winston
Cassius Xavier-Lamarr Winston (born February 28, 1998) is an American professional basketball player for Pallacanestro Reggiana of the Italian Lega Basket Serie A (LBA). He played college basketball for the Michigan State Spartans. High school career Winston, a 6'1 point guard, was a star prep player at University of Detroit Jesuit High School and Academy in Detroit. As a senior in 2016, he led his team to an MHSAA Class A State Championship, and was named Mr. Basketball of Michigan. Winston was inducted into the Catholic High School League Hall of Fame in 2020. Recruiting College career He chose to attend college at Michigan State, and averaged 6.7 points and 5.2 assists per game in 35 games as a freshman. As a sophomore, he became a full-time starter, averaging 12.6 points and 6.9 assists per game for the Spartans, and earning third-team All-Big Ten Conference honors. Entering into Winston's junior season, he was selected to the preseason All-Big Ten team. After a strong ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cassius (crocodile)
Cassius was a male saltwater crocodile (''Crocodylus porosus'') who was previously recognised by the Guinness World Records as the world's largest crocodile living in captivity in 2011. The animal measured in length, weighed approximately , and was kept at the Marineland Crocodile Park, a zoo on Green Island, Queensland, Australia. Cassius was officially recognized by Guinness in 2011, but lost the title in 2012 to Lolong, a saltwater crocodile caught in the southern Philippines. Cassius regained the title and held the record after Lolong's death in February 2013. Crocodile researcher Graeme Webb said that Cassius was "a big old gnarly crocodile" aged between 30 and 80 years old when he was captured in 1984, and was "maybe 120 years" in 2023. Cassius died in November 2024. A necropsy found no particular cause of death, indicating that he died of old age. Samples of Cassius' body were sent away in an attempt to determine his age, and his skin and head have been preserved. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crack-Up (album)
''Crack-Up'' is the third studio album by American band Fleet Foxes, released on June 16, 2017, by Nonesuch Records. Loosely inspired by F. Scott Fitzgerald's essay collection of the same name, it is the follow-up to their 2011 album ''Helplessness Blues'', following the band's three-year hiatus from 2013 to 2016. It is also the band's first release on the Nonesuch label after departing Sub Pop. Recording ''Crack-Up'' was recorded at various locations across the United States between July 2016 and January 2017: Electric Lady Studios, Sear Sound, The Void, Rare Book Room, Avast Recording Company, and The Unknown. Phil Ek mixed the album at Sear Sound, and Greg Calbi mastered it at Sterling Sound. Release and promotion Fleet Foxes released the first song from the album on March 7, 2017: "Third of May / Ōdaigahara", a "nearly nine-minute epic powered by piano and electric twelve-string guitar, string quartet, and the group's trademark sparkling harmonies"; on the same day, Robi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cassius (song)
"Cassius" is the second single from the album ''Antidotes'' by Foals. It is their fifth single in total to date. It was released as a digital download on 18 February 2008 and on CD and vinyl on 10 March 2008. In a video interview with ''NME'', lead singer Yannis Philippakis stated that the track was "the most straightforward song on the album. It's trying to deal with somebody being two-faced or, even to the extreme, someone having a split personality. The reason for why it's called Cassius – Cassius Clay who became Mohammad Ali, it's almost like there's two people in one and Cassius, the conspirator who instigated the assassination of Julius Caesar, who is a very literal symbol of being two faced". The video was directed by Dave Ma and shows the band playing with hanging hearts and pills. "Cassius" peaked at number 26 on the UK Singles Chart and is their second highest-charting song after " My Number". The song was number 45 on ''Rolling Stone ''Rolling Stone'' is an Am ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cassius (band)
Cassius was a French musical duo active from 1988 to 2019 and 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 the " French touch" movement of electronic music in the second half of the 1990s. Members Boombass Hubert Blanc-Francard (; aka Boombass), born 31 March 1967, is a French musician and producer. He is the son of sound engineer Dominique Blanc-Francard and the older brother of the French musician Mathieu Blanc-Francard, better known by his stage name Sinclair. Zdar Philippe Cerboneschi (, ; aka Zdar; born 28 January 1967 in Aix-les-Bains and died 19 June 2019 in Paris) was a French musician, producer and sound engineer, of Italian descent. Zdar was Dominique Blanc-Francard's assistant at studios +XXX (Plus30) when he met Boombass in 1988. Outside the Cassius group, Zdar was producer and sound engineer. He w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sorry To Bother You
''Sorry to Bother You'' is a 2018 American science fiction black comedy film written and directed by musician Boots Riley in his directorial debut. It stars LaKeith Stanfield, Tessa Thompson, Jermaine Fowler, Omari Hardwick, Terry Crews, Patton Oswalt, David Cross, Danny Glover, Steven Yeun, and Armie Hammer. The film follows a young African-American telemarketer who adopts a " white voice" to succeed at his job, after which he is swept into a corporate conspiracy and must choose between chasing profit or joining his activist friends who are attempting to unionize. Principal photography began in June 2017 in Oakland, California. ''Sorry to Bother You'' premiered at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival on January 20 and was theatrically released in the United States by Annapurna Pictures on July 6, 2018. Focus Features and Universal Pictures handled international distribution. The film received praise for its cast, story, and soundtrack, as well as Riley's writing and direct ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
House Robot
Robot Wars is a British robot combat television series that aired from 1998 to 2004 and was revived from 2016 to 2018. The show features teams controlling remote-operated robots in battles within an arena filled with hazards and powerful "House Robots." The original run aired on BBC Two, later moving to Channel 5, with spin-offs like Robot Wars Extreme. Hosts included Jeremy Clarkson, Craig Charles, Dara Ó Briain, and Angela Scanlon, with Jonathan Pearce as the announcer throughout. At its peak, Robot Wars attracted six million UK viewers and became a global success, airing in 45 countries. It also inspired live events and a successful toy range. Its merchandising was commercially successful, being one of the best-selling toy ranges of 2002. The show also inspired live events, with The Fighting Robot Association founded in 2003 and Roaming Robots acquiring the brand rights in 2013. Live shows continued under the name Extreme Robots from 2017 onward. History US Robot Wars e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trails In The Sky
''The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky'' is a 2004 role-playing video game developed by Nihon Falcom. The game is the first in the ''Trails'' series, itself a part of the larger '' The Legend of Heroes'' series. ''Trails in the Sky'' was first released in Japan for Windows and was later ported to the PlayStation Portable in 2006. North American video game publisher Xseed Games acquired the rights from Falcom, but did not release it until 2011 due to the game's large amount of text necessary to translate and localize. A PlayStation 3 port was released in Japan in 2012, followed by a worldwide Windows release in 2014. A PlayStation Vita version was released in 2015 in Japan. A sequel, '' Trails in the Sky SC'', was released in 2006. A remake, ''Trails in the Sky 1st Chapter'', is scheduled for release on the Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5, and Windows in September 2025. Gameplay In ''Trails in the Sky'', the player controls a cast of characters, embarking on quests to progre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pierce Brown
Pierce Brown (born 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), '' Dark Age'' (2019), and '' Light Bringer'' (2023). He also has written a six-issue prequel comic book series, '' Red Rising: Sons of Ares'', that was published in 2015. Personal life Pierce Brown grew up in seven different states. His mother, Colleen Birdnow Brown, was the President and CEO of Fisher Communications and the Chairman of American Apparel's Board of Directors. His father, Guy Brown, is a former local banker. Brown graduated from Pepperdine University, where he majored in political science and economics. After graduation, he worked a variety of jobs in politics and startup tech companies. Brown was working for the NBC Page Program in Burbank, California and living in his former political science professor's garage when he sold ''Red Rising' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saint Cassius (musician)
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" for Bruno Mars debut album ''Doo-Wops & Hooligans''. In 2013, Cassius launched the Independent Publishing & Recordings company Vinyl Crown. The company signed producer Darius "Phonix" Barnes to the publishing imprint & holds such copyrights as Trey Songz "Fumble", Fabolous' "We Good" ft. Rich Homie Quan as well as J. Cole Jermaine Lamarr Cole (born January 28, 1985) is an American rapper and record producer. Born in a military base in Germany and raised in Fayetteville, North Carolina, Cole initially gained attention as a rapper following the release of his d ...'s top single off his 2014 Forest Hills Release "No Role Modelz". On July 28, 2017, Cassius released his first single under the Vinyl Crown imprint entitled Take A Knee. O ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Foot
Michael Mackintosh Foot (23 July 19133 March 2010) was a British politician who was Leader of the Labour Party (UK), Leader of the Labour Party and Leader of the Opposition (United Kingdom), Leader of the Opposition from 1980 to 1983. Foot began his career as a journalist on Tribune (magazine), ''Tribune'' and the ''Evening Standard''. He co-wrote the 1940 polemic against appeasement of Adolf Hitler, ''Guilty Men'', under a pseudonym. Foot was a Member of Parliament (United Kingdom), Member of Parliament (MP) from 1945 United Kingdom general election, 1945 to 1955 United Kingdom general election, 1955 and 1960 Ebbw Vale by-election, 1960 to 1992 United Kingdom general election, 1992. A passionate orator, and associated with the left wing of the Labour Party for most of his career, Foot was an ardent supporter of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND) and of British withdrawal from the European Economic Community (EEC). He was appointed to Harold Wilson's Cabinet (UK), Cabin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
