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'''Gaius Cassius Longinus''' (before 85 BC – 42 October BC) was a [[Rome|Roman]] [[Roman Senate|Senator]], a leading instigator of the plot to kill [[Gaius Julius Caesar|Julius Caesar]] and the brother in-law of [[Marcus Junius Brutus]].
'''Gaius Cassius Longinus''' (c. 85 B.C.E. – 42 October B.C.E.) was a [[Rome|Roman]] Senator, a leading instigator of the plot to kill [[Gaius Julius Caesar|Julius Caesar]], and the brother in-law of [[Marcus Junius Brutus]].


Gaius Cassius Longinus was a member of the [[Assassin Order]],<ref name="Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy">''[[Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy]]''</ref> taking a leading role in the plot to kill the tyrant dictator Julius Caesar.<ref name="Assassin's Creed II">''[[Assassin's Creed II]]''</ref> He tasked Brutus with devising the plan.<ref name="Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood">''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood]]''</ref>
Gaius Cassius Longinus was a member of the [[Assassin Order]],<ref name="Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy">''[[Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy]]''</ref> taking a leading role in the plot to kill the tyrant dictator Julius Caesar.<ref name="Assassin's Creed II">''[[Assassin's Creed II]]''</ref> He tasked Brutus with devising the plan.<ref name="Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood">''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood]]''</ref>
==Trivia==
*Oddly enough, [[Dante Alighieri]] wrote in ''Inferno'', the first part of ''The Divine Comedy'', that Cassius, along with [[Marcus Junius Brutus]], were condemned to the 9th Circle because of their treason against Julius Caesar,<ref name="Wikipedia">[[Wikipedia:Gaius Cassius Longinus#In literature|Wikipedia]]</ref> despite the fact that Dante was also a member of the Assassin Order.<ref name="Assassin's Creed II">''[[Assassin's Creed II]]''</ref>


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Gaius Cassius Longinus (c. 85 B.C.E. – 42 October B.C.E.) was a Roman Senator, a leading instigator of the plot to kill Julius Caesar, and the brother in-law of Marcus Junius Brutus.

Gaius Cassius Longinus was a member of the Assassin Order,[1] taking a leading role in the plot to kill the tyrant dictator Julius Caesar.[2] He tasked Brutus with devising the plan.[3]

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