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Cassius

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Cassius , ancient Roman family. There were a number of well-known members. Spurius Cassius Viscellinus, d. c.485 BC, seems to have been consul several times. In 493 BC he negotiated a treaty establishing equal military assistance between Rome and the Latin cities. In 486 he proposed that land be distributed equally among the Roman and the Latin poor (see agrarian laws ). It is said that the patricians, outraged at the suggestion, accused Cassius of royal aspirations and had him executed. A descendant, Quintus Cassius Longinus, d. 45 BC, won a reputation for greed and corruption when... Read more
Clay, Cassius Marcellus (1810-1903)
Cassius Marcellus Clay (1810-1903) Abolitionist newspaper editor...American life. This was certainly the case for the fiery Cassius Marcellus Clay, a wealthy Kentuckian who served as antislavery...large slaveholding family on a plantation near Lexington, Cassius Clay received an education including ... Read more
Cassius
Cassius ♂ From an old Roman family name, borne most notably by the senator Gaius Cassius Longinus, who led the conspiracy to assassinate Julius...Because of these associations it was repudiated by the boxer Cassius Clay (b. 1942), who changed his name to Muhammad Ali. Read more

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