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Encyclopedia > Cassia (gens)

The gens Cassia, nomen Cassius, was one of the oldest families of ancient Rome.


The road Via Cassia that went to Arretium was built by the family. The Italian village Cassano Irpino traditionally derives its name from the gens Cassia.

  • Spurius Cassius Vecellinus - early consul
  • C. Cassius C.f. Longinus, consul 171 BC
  • Q. Cassius Longinus, consul 164 BC
  • Gaius Cassius Longinus, consul 124 BC
  • Lucius Cassius Longinus, consul 107 BC
  • Gaius Cassius Longinus, consul 96 BC
  • Gaius Cassius Longinus, consul 73 BC
  • Lucius Cassius Longinus, consul 30
  • Cassius Dio, consul 291

A modern "Gens Cassia" is the "founding gens" of the reenactment group (or micronation) Nova Roma; see genscassia.org (http://www.genscassia.org/).




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Cassius (gens) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (136 words)
The gens Cassia, nomen Cassius, was one of the oldest families of ancient Rome.
The road Via Cassia that went to Arretium was built by the family.
A modern "Gens Cassia" is the "founding gens" of the reenactment group (or micronation) Nova Roma; see genscassia.org.
gens - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about gens (220 words)
In ancient Rome, a gens was a clan or house that included a number of families with the same name descending from a common ancestor.
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