The New International Encyclopædia/Casca, Publius Servilius
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CAS′CA, Publius Servilius. The one among the assassins of Julius Cæsar who, according to Plutarch, struck the first blow. This was done across the back of Cesar's neck with a short sword, but the wound was not deadly, and the finishing of the work was left to Brutus and the others.