Aemilia, Licinia and Marcia were Roman vestal Virgins, who were prosecuted for having broken the vow of chastity in two famous trials between 115 and 113 BC. The first trial was conducted by the Pontifex Maximus Metellus Delmaticus, who sentenced Aemilia to death in 114 BC. The decision to spare the other two vestals triggered outrage and led to a follow-up trial headed by Cassius Longinus Ravilla. Licinia and Marcia were subsequently put to death as well. The trials were heavily influenced by the political background and network of the participants.
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Trial of the Vestal Virgins (114–113 BC) in the context of Lucius Cassius Longinus (proconsul 48 BC)
Lucius Cassius Longinus was the brother of Gaius Cassius Longinus, a leading instigator in the assassination of Julius Caesar.
Around 52 BC, Lucius Longinus was triumvir monetalis in 63 BC. He minted denarii referring to the famous trial of the vestal virgins of 114–113 BC, which was prosecuted by his ancestor Lucius Cassius Longinus Ravilla. In 54 BC, he was the junior co-prosecutor (subscriptor) to Marcus Iuventius Laterensis in the trial of Gnaeus Plancius for electoral malpractice (ambitus). Plancius was defenced by Cicero, who accused Longinus of incompetence, immorality and inexperience in his defence speech, the Pro Plancio.