Editing Gaius Cassius Longinus (section)

===Post-assassination===
Cassius' reputation in the East made it easy to amass an army from other governors in the area, and by 43 BC, he was ready to take on [[Publius Cornelius Dolabella (consul 44 BC)|Publius Cornelius Dolabella]] with 12 [[Roman legion|legions]]. By this point, the Senate had split with Antonius, and cast its lot with Cassius, confirming him as governor of the province. Dolabella attacked but was betrayed by his allies, leading him to commit [[suicide]]. Cassius was now secure enough to march on [[Roman Egypt|Egypt]], but on the formation of the [[Second Triumvirate]], Brutus requested his assistance. Cassius quickly joined Brutus in [[Smyrna]] with most of his army, leaving his nephew behind to govern Syria as well.

The conspirators decided to attack the triumvirate's allies in [[Asia (Roman province)|Asia]]. Cassius set upon and sacked [[Rhodes]] in 43 BC, while Brutus did the same to [[Lycia]]. They regrouped the following year in [[Sardis]], where their armies proclaimed them [[imperator]]. They crossed the [[Hellespont]], marched through [[Thrace]], and encamped near [[Philippi]] in [[Macedon]]. Gaius Julius Caesar Octavian (later known as [[Augustus]]) and Mark Antony soon arrived, and Cassius planned to starve them out through the use of their superior position in the country. However, they were forced into a pair of battles by Antony, collectively known as the [[Battle of Philippi]]. Brutus was successful against Octavian, and took his camp. Cassius, however, was defeated and overrun by Mark Antony and, unaware of Brutus' victory, ordered his freeman Pindarus to help him kill himself. Pindarus fled afterwards and Cassius' head was found severed from his body.<ref>Plutarch, Life of Brutus, 43.5-6.</ref> He was mourned by Brutus as "the Last of the Romans" and buried in [[Thassos]].<ref name="44.2">[[Plutarch]], ''Life of Brutus'', [https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Plutarch/Lives/Brutus*.html#44 44.2].</ref>