Longinus

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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 Longinus (philosopher), 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 in Alodia during Emperor Justinian I's reign
• Johannes Longinus, Latin name of Jan Długosz, a medieval Polish historian
• Saint Longinus, a Roman soldier who pierced the side of Jesus on the cross in the Christian faith
• Casca Longinus, a fictional character based on the above.
• Longinus (film), a 2004 film directed by Ryuhei Kitamura

This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the same title. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article.