Lucius Cassius Longinus Ravilla


Lucius Cassius Longinus Ravilla was a Roman consul in 127 BC.

As a tribune of the plebs in 137 BC he successfully proposed in the Concilium Plebis the Lex Cassia Tabellaria (a measure to change the voting system to one of secret ballot). In 127 BC he was consul with Lucius Cornelius Cinna and in 125 BC he was elected censor. He was renowned for severity as a iudex and gained fame by formulating the question "Cui bono?" ("Good for whom?", or "Who benefits?") as a principle of criminal investigation.

In 113 BC he was appointed special inquisitor in the case of three Vestal Virgins accused of unchastity. He condemned and put to death two of them, who had been acquitted by the Pontifex Maximus L. Caecilius Metellus Dalmaticus, as well as the men involved.


Preceded by
Titus Annius Rufus and Gnaeus Octavius
Consul of the Roman Republic
with Lucius Cornelius Cinna
127 BC
Succeeded by
Marcus Aemilius Lepidus and Lucius Aurelius Orestes
Preceded by
Quintus Caecilius Metellus Macedonicus
and
Quintus Pompeius
Censor of the Roman Republic
with Gnaeus Servilius Caepio
125 BC
Succeeded by
Quintus Caecilius Metellus Balearicus
and
L. Calpurnius Piso Frugi


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