Cassius Dio’s Roman History

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ancient Roman historiography historical work

Cassius Dio’s Roman History is a multi-volume work by the Roman senator and historian Cassius Dio that chronicles the history of Rome from its legendary origins through the early third century CE.

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Label	Occurrences
Cassius Dio’s Roman History canonical	16
Cassius Dio's Roman History	8
Cassius Dio's "Roman History"	1
Cassius Dio’s "Roman History"	1
Roman History by Cassius Dio	1
works of Cassius Dio	1

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ancient Roman historiography ⓘ historical work ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Historia Romana ⓘ surface form: Roman History
author	Cassius Dio ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	Roman Empire ⓘ
coversEvent	Augustus’s principate ⓘ Julius Caesar’s dictatorship ⓘ Punic Wars ⓘ Roman Empire ⓘ Roman Kingdom ⓘ Roman Republic ⓘ reign of Caracalla ⓘ reign of Commodus ⓘ reign of Hadrian ⓘ reign of Marcus Aurelius ⓘ reign of Septimius Severus ⓘ reign of Trajan ⓘ reigns of the Flavian emperors ⓘ reigns of the Julio-Claudian emperors ⓘ
coversPeriodEnd	early third century CE ⓘ
coversPeriodStart	legendary foundation of Rome ⓘ
dateWritten	early third century CE ⓘ
genre	historiography ⓘ history ⓘ
hasEpitomeBy	Xiphilinus ⓘ Zonaras ⓘ
hasSignificance	major source for Roman history from the late Republic to Severan period ⓘ
influenced	later Byzantine historians ⓘ
language	Ancient Greek ⓘ
mainSubject	history of Rome ⓘ
narrativePerspective	senatorial ⓘ
numberOfBooks	80 ⓘ
originalTitle	Historia Romana ⓘ surface form: Ῥωμαϊκὴ ἱστορία
partiallySurvivesAs	complete books ⓘ epitomes ⓘ fragments ⓘ
placeOfComposition	Rome ⓘ
sourceFor	Roman constitutional history ⓘ Roman military history ⓘ Roman political history ⓘ history of the Severan dynasty ⓘ history of the early principate ⓘ
structure	annalistic ⓘ
usedSources	earlier Roman historians ⓘ official records ⓘ senatorial archives ⓘ
writtenByOccupationOfAuthor	Roman senator ⓘ
writtenByOriginOfAuthor	Bithynian Greek ⓘ

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Milonia Caesonia → mentionedIn → Cassius Dio’s Roman History ⓘ

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Year of the Four Emperors → historicalSource → Cassius Dio’s Roman History ⓘ

Dacian Wars → historicalSource → Cassius Dio’s Roman History ⓘ

this entity surface form: Cassius Dio's Roman History

Great Fire of Rome → mentionedInWork → Cassius Dio’s Roman History ⓘ

this entity surface form: Cassius Dio's Roman History

murder of Claudia Octavia → isDescribedIn → Cassius Dio’s Roman History ⓘ

this entity surface form: works of Cassius Dio

Roman conquest of Britain → describedIn → Cassius Dio’s Roman History ⓘ

this entity surface form: Cassius Dio's Roman History

Suicide of Nero → describedIn → Cassius Dio’s Roman History ⓘ

this entity surface form: Cassius Dio's Roman History

Ides of March 44 BC → hasAncientHistorianSource → Cassius Dio’s Roman History ⓘ

this entity surface form: Cassius Dio’s "Roman History"

Marcus Antonius Antyllus → mentionedIn → Cassius Dio’s Roman History ⓘ

this entity surface form: Cassius Dio's "Roman History"

Parthian campaigns of Septimius Severus → documentedIn → Cassius Dio’s Roman History ⓘ

Edict of Caracalla → describedIn → Cassius Dio’s Roman History ⓘ

Assassination of Caracalla → describedIn → Cassius Dio’s Roman History ⓘ

Murder of Geta → hasHistoricalSource → Cassius Dio’s Roman History ⓘ

Rise and fall of Elagabalus → documentedIn → Cassius Dio’s Roman History ⓘ

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Battle of Philippi → primarySource → Cassius Dio’s Roman History ⓘ

Arsinoe IV → historicalSource → Cassius Dio’s Roman History ⓘ

Jewish revolt in Cyprus → describedIn → Cassius Dio’s Roman History ⓘ

Iceni → mentionedInSource → Cassius Dio’s Roman History ⓘ

Caesar’s comet → mentionedInSource → Cassius Dio’s Roman History ⓘ

subject surface form: Caesar’s Comet

Sack of Seleucia (165) → mentionedInSource → Cassius Dio’s Roman History ⓘ

Herodian's History of the Roman Empire → relatedWork → Cassius Dio’s Roman History ⓘ

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Livilla → portrayedIn → Cassius Dio’s Roman History ⓘ

Domitian's Dacian Wars → describedIn → Cassius Dio’s Roman History ⓘ

this entity surface form: Cassius Dio's Roman History

Roman conquest of Germania → describedIn → Cassius Dio’s Roman History ⓘ

annus quattuor imperatorum → documentedIn → Cassius Dio’s Roman History ⓘ

subject surface form: Annus quattuor imperatorum

this entity surface form: Roman History by Cassius Dio

Gnaeus Calpurnius Piso (as governor of Syria) → source → Cassius Dio’s Roman History ⓘ

subject surface form: Gnaeus Calpurnius Piso

Hadrian’s travels → documentedIn → Cassius Dio’s Roman History ⓘ