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- Died:
- 47 bc, at the mouth of the Ebro River, Tarraconensis
- Title / Office:
- governor (49BC), Spain
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Quintus Cassius Longinus
Roman official
Quintus Cassius Longinus (died 47 bc, at the mouth of the Ebro River, Tarraconensis) was a Roman official whose tyrannical government of Spain greatly injured Julius Caesarās cause in Spain during the civil war (49ā45) between Caesar and the Optimates. He was either a brother or a cousin of the famous assassin of Caesar.
As tribune in 49, he supported Caesar, who made him governor of Farther Spain. Cassiusā oppression of the Spanish provincials led to a revolt at Corduba (CĆ³rdoba), which he put down with merciless severity. Some of his troops then revolted (48) and proclaimed a new governor. Cassius was allowed to leave the province but died in a shipwreck at the mouth of the Ebro River.
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