Gaius Servilius Casca

Gaius Servilius Casca Longus (12 June 92 BC - c. 42 BC), sometimes referred to as Titiedius, was one of the assassins of Gaius Julius Caesar on 15 March, 44 BC. Afterwards, Casca fought with the liberators during the Liberators' civil war. He is believed to have died by suicide after their defeat at the Battle of Philippi in 42 B.C.
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He joined the assassination alongside his brother Publius Servilius Casca. His brother struck the first blow, attacking Caesar from behind and hitting his neck, after Tillius Cimber had distracted the dictator by grabbing his toga. The other assassins then joined in.
Of the 23 wounds Caesar sustained during the assassination, only 5 of them were delivered while Caesar was still alive. In order, the assassins, who struck Caesar while he was still alive, were Casca, who stabbed Caesar in the shoulder, Cassius, who slashed him across the face, Titiedius, who stabbed him in the ribs, Decimus Brutus, who stabbed him in the thigh, and Brutus, who stabbed Caesar in the groin. When Caesar's autopsy was performed, it was determined that the wound most likely to have been fatal was the stab delivered by Titiedius to Caesar's ribs.
He seems to have died, probably by suicide, in the aftermath of the assassins' defeat at the Battle of Philippi, in October 42 B.C.

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