Cassius Dio
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Cassius Dio was a Roman statesman and historian best known for his extensive work "Roman History," which chronicles Rome from its legendary origins through the early 3rd century CE.
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Cassius Dio canonical | 49 |
| Cassius Dio (indirectly via accounts of Donations and Antony’s children) | 1 |
| Cassius Dio's Roman History | 1 |
| Cassius Dio, Roman History | 1 |
| Dio Cassius, Roman History | 1 |
| Lucius Cassius Dio | 1 |
Statements (54)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Roman senator
ⓘ
ancient Greek-language historian ⓘ ancient Roman historian ⓘ consul of the Roman Empire ⓘ |
| approximateBirthCentury | 2nd century ⓘ |
| approximateDeathCentury | 3rd century ⓘ |
| birthEmpire | Roman Empire ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
Nicaea
ⓘ
surface form:
Nicaea in Bithynia
|
| birthRegion |
Asia Minor
ⓘ
Bithynia ⓘ |
| citizenship | Roman citizen ⓘ |
| coConsul |
Severus Alexander
ⓘ
surface form:
Alexander Severus
|
| ethnicOrigin | Greek ⓘ |
| father | Cassius Apronianus ⓘ |
| fatherOccupation | Roman senator ⓘ |
| fullName |
Cassius Dio
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Lucius Cassius Dio
Dio Cassius ⓘ
surface form:
Lucius Cassius Dio Cocceianus
|
| genre | historiography ⓘ |
| heldOffice |
ordinary consul
ⓘ
suffect consul ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Polybius
ⓘ
Thucydides ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Roman Antiquity
ⓘ
surface form:
Roman History
|
| language | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| mainWorkGreekTitle |
Historia Romana
ⓘ
surface form:
Ῥωμαϊκὴ ἱστορία
|
| mainWorkLatinTitle | Historia Romana ⓘ |
| mainWorkTitle |
Historia Romana
ⓘ
surface form:
Roman History
|
| name | Cassius Dio self-link ⓘ |
| notableFor | senatorial perspective on Roman history ⓘ |
| numberOfBooksInMainWork | 80 ⓘ |
| occupation |
administrator
ⓘ
consul ⓘ historian ⓘ senator ⓘ |
| regionOfActivity |
Bithynia
ⓘ
Rome ⓘ |
| servedAsConsulUnder |
Septimius Severus
ⓘ
Severan dynasty ⓘ |
| servedAsOrdinaryConsulInYear | 229 ⓘ |
| servedUnderEmperor |
Caracalla
ⓘ
Commodus ⓘ Elagabalus ⓘ Septimius Severus ⓘ Severus Alexander ⓘ |
| sourceFor |
history of the early Roman Empire
ⓘ
history of the late Roman Republic ⓘ reign of Augustus ⓘ reigns of the Severan emperors ⓘ |
| subjectOfWriting | history of Rome ⓘ |
| workLanguage | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| wroteAboutPeriod |
Roman Empire
ⓘ
Roman Kingdom ⓘ Roman Republic ⓘ from the founding of Rome to AD 229 ⓘ |
Referenced by (54)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Batavi
this entity surface form:
Cassius Dio's Roman History
this entity surface form:
Lucius Cassius Dio
this entity surface form:
Cassius Dio, Roman History
this entity surface form:
Cassius Dio (indirectly via accounts of Donations and Antony’s children)
subject surface form:
Battle of Watling Street
this entity surface form:
Dio Cassius, Roman History