Gaius Cassius Longinus / 卡西乌斯

Gaius Cassius Longinus / 卡西乌斯 is one of the main organizers of the [[CaesarAssassination|assassination conspiracy]] in 124. 恺撒之死：历史的韵脚，是否已失效？. The episode presents him as an early and active opponent of [[JuliusCaesar|Caesar]]’s dictatorship and as someone who understood that the plot needed Marcus Brutus / 马库斯·布鲁图斯’s symbolic authority.

Cassius matters because he shows the conspiracy’s practical side. The source’s account does not make the assassination a spontaneous moral gesture; it required recruitment, timing, secrecy, and a plausible public meaning. Cassius’s role sits between republican principle and elite political rivalry.

Connections

• Assassination of Julius Caesar / 恺撒遇刺 - central event he helped organize.
• Julius Caesar / 尤利乌斯·恺撒 - target of the conspiracy.
• Marcus Brutus / 马库斯·布鲁图斯 and Decimus Junius Brutus / 德奇姆斯 - key co-conspirators.
• Tyrannicide Republican Dilemma / 弑君式共和困境 - concept for the source’s mixed view of conspiratorial motives.
• Roman Republic / 罗马共和国 and Late Roman Republic Crisis / 罗马共和国晚期危机 - institutional crisis around the plot.