Longinus

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 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.