Longinus
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Longinus may refer to:
- Gaius Cassius Longinus, usually known as "Cassius", one of the assassins of Julius Caesar.
- Longinus (Roman governor), a possible Roman governor of Britain ca. 159.
- Cassius Dionysius Longinus, a Greek rhetorician and philosophical critic who became chief counsellor in state affairs to Zenobia, queen of Palmyra.
- Longinus of Cardala, brother of the Byzantine Emperor Zeno; revolted against his successor, Anastasius I, but failed.
- Longinus (literature), a Greek literary critic who may have lived in the 1st century, wrote a treatise On the Sublime.
- Gaius Cassius Longinus (jurist), a 1st century jurist.
- Longinus (Bishop), a missionary working among the Nabataeans during Emperor Justinian I's reign.
- Johannes Longinus, Latin name of Jan Długosz, a medieval Polish historian.
- Saint Longinus is in Christian legend the name of the Roman soldier who pierced the side of Jesus on the cross.
- Casca Longinus, a fictional character based on the above.
- Longinus (film), a 2004 film directed by Ryuhei Kitamura.
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