in Caesar's army at the Battle of Dyrrhachium, and later one of Caesar's partisans. Cassius Dionysius, a native of Utica, and an agricultural writer, who translated the work of the Carthaginian Mago. Cassius Barba, a friend of Caesar, who gave Cicero guards for his villa, when Caesar paid him a visit in 44 BC. Cassius Etruscus, an author ridiculed by Quintus Horatius Flaccus, sometimes confused with Cassius Parmensis. Cassius Parmensis, tribunus militum in the army of Brutus and Cassius, put to death by Octavianus. Cassius Betillinus, apparently an error for Betilienus Bassus. Cassius Severus, a celebrated orator and satirical writer, in the time of Augustus and Tiberius. Gaius Cassius Chaerea, tribune of the Praetorian Guard under Caligula, against whom he conspired and whom he helped to assassinate, with the intent of restoring the Republic. Quintus Cassius Gratus, governor of Crete and Cyrenaica during the reign of Claudius. Cassius Asclepiodotus, a wealthy man of Bithynia, exiled by Nero, but subsequently restored by Galba. Cassius Felix, also called Cassius Iatrosophista, author of a medical treatise, Quaestiones Medicae et Problemata Naturalia. Publius Cassius Dexter, quaestor in 138. Avidius Cassius, a successful general under Marcus Aurelius, against whom he subsequently rebelled. Cassius Apronianus, governor of Dalmatia and Cilicia, father of the historian Cassius Dio. Cassius Clemens, brought to trial circa AD 195, for having espoused the side of Pescennius Niger, defended himself with such dignity that Septimius Severus granted him his life and allowed him to retain half his property. Lucius Cassius Dio, or Dion Cassius, a senator, was consul circa AD 205, and again in 229, as the colleague of the emperor Severus Alexander. He was the author of a monumental history of Rome. Cassius Dio, consul in AD 291, perhaps the grandson of the historian. See also List of Roman gentes Footnotes References Bibliography Marcus Tullius Cicero, Epistulae ad Atticum, In Catilinam, Philippicae, Pro Plancio, Pro Sulla. Gaius Sallustius Crispus (Sallust), Bellum Catilinae (The Conspiracy of Catiline). Aulus Hirtius, De Bello Alexandrino (On the Alexandrine War). Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Romaike Archaiologia (Roman Antiquities). Titus Livius (Livy), History of Rome. Marcus Velleius Paterculus, Compendium of Roman History. Quintus Asconius Pedianus, Commentarius in Oratio Ciceronis In Toga Candida (Commentary on Cicero's Oration In Toga Candida). Lucius Mestrius Plutarchus (Plutarch), Lives of the Noble Greeks and Romans. Appianus Alexandrinus (Appian), Bellum Civile (The Civil War). Cassius Dio, Roman History. Magnus Aurelius Cassiodorus Senator, Chronica. Joannes