Gaius Cassius Longinus ( lat.Gaius Cassius Longinus ) or Cassius - one of the most prominent ancient Roman lawyers , a direct student of Sabine and a successor to the school of the latter, sometimes also named after him and the Cassian school ( Cassians ).
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In 30, he was a consul-suffekt , under Caligula a proconsul in Asia , under Claudius the legate in Syria and held a prominent position in the Senate thanks to his deep knowledge of law and especially strength of character.
Under Nero, he was exiled to Sardinia , where he was blind. The immediate cause of the repression was that among the images of his ancestors, he kept the image of Cassius Longin, one of the participants in the conspiracy against Caesar.
Died in Rome , returned by Vespasian . Among contemporary lawyers and subsequent lawyers, he enjoyed great prestige as “prudentissimus vir”, “juris auctor”, “Cassianäe scholae princeps ac parens”.
He wrote a number of legal treatises, the main of which are “Libri (or Commentarii) juris civilis”. They are known only in the transmission of later lawyers, and in Digests they are cited only by Javoleni libri XV ex Cassio. From the surviving passages it is clear that Cassius, following the direction of Sabin , is also an original thinker, independent in the system and views on issues of law.
See also
- Sabinians
Literature
- Cassius, Guy Longin // Encyclopedic Dictionary of Brockhaus and Efron : 86 volumes (82 volumes and 4 additional). - SPb. , 1890-1907.