Longinus

Longinus, a Greek literary critic who may have lived in the 1st century CE, wrote a treatise On the Sublime.
Bishop Longinus was a missionary working among the Nabataeans during Emperor Justinian I's reign.
Gaius Cassius Longinus may be:
- Cassius, who helped assassinate Julius Caesar
- Gaius Cassius Longinus, a 1st century jurist
Johannes Longinus is the Latin version of the name of Jan Długosz, a medieval Polish historian.
Longinus is also the name given in Christian mythology to the Roman soldier who pierced the side of Jesus Christ on the cross.
Longinus is also a possible name of a Roman governor of Britain c. AD 159

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