Gaius Cassius: He had been consul in 30 AD, making him one of the oldest living members of the senate at this point. As governor of Asia in 40/41 he fell into extreme danger when the emperor Caligula believed an oracle that advised him to beware of Cassius (in the end this turned out to Cassius Charaea, who killed him) and ordered him arrested. He escaped further peril after Caligula's assassination on January 18, 41. In 49 he was governor of Syria, where he oversaw, with considerable competence, the effort to install a Roman client on the Parthian throne. In 58 he was dispatched to investigate a riot at Puteoli, an office from which he was removed on the grounds that he was too harsh. In 65 he was accused in connection with the conspiracy of Piso against Nero because his nephew was a participant. The formal charge against him included the fact that he kept an image of his ancestor, one of the leaders of the assassination of Julius Caesar in his house. He was exiled to the island of Sardinia, from whence he was recalled by Vespasian. He died almost immediately after his recall. By the time of his exile he is said to have been blind.