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- Flourished:
- 1st century ad
- Flourished:
- c.1 - c.100
- Notable Works:
- “Libri juris civilis”
- Subjects Of Study:
- jus civile
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Gaius Cassius Longinus
Roman jurist
Gaius Cassius Longinus (flourished 1st century ad) was a prominent Roman jurist, a pupil of the famous jurist Massurius Sabinus, with whom he founded a legal school.
Cassius was consul in ad 30, proconsul of Asia in 40–41, and governor of Syria in 45–49. Banished by the emperor Nero in 65, he was recalled by the emperor Vespasian (reigned 69–79) and died at an advanced age. Extracts from his chief work, the Libri juris civilis, in 10 books, were incorporated into the Digest issued by the 6th-century Byzantine emperor Justinian I.
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