The Digital Ark: Early Modern Collections of Curiosities in England and Scotland, 1580-1700

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Gaius Cassius Longinus, Senator (-85 - -42)

Roman senator and a leading instigator of the plot to kill Julius Caesar. Brother in-law of Marcus Junius Brutus. Dictionary of National Biography entry: https://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/acref/9780199545568.001.0001/acref-9780199545568-e-1419?rskey=87VE8z&result=4 Other biography: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaius_Cassius_Longinus References in Documents:
Musaeum Tradescantianum (1656) C. CASSIus.