CASSIUS, Spurius (whose full name was Sp. Cassius Viscellinus), a renowned Roman general and consul, and the proposer of the first agrarian law; in consequence of which he was accused of aspiring to regal power and condemned to death as a traitor, B.C. 485. He thrice enjoyed the consular dignity, was general of the horse under the first dictator created at Rome, and twice received the honour of a triumph. See ROMAN HISTORY.