Cassius Dio

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Roman senator ancient Greek-language historian ancient Roman historian consul of the Roman Empire

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.

Aliases (3)

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 in Bithynia →
birthRegion	Asia Minor → Bithynia →
citizenship	Roman citizen →
coConsul	Alexander Severus →
ethnicOrigin	Greek →
father	Cassius Apronianus →
fatherOccupation	Roman senator →
fullName	Lucius Cassius Dio → Lucius Cassius Dio Cocceianus →
genre	historiography →
heldOffice	ordinary consul → suffect consul →
influencedBy	Polybius → Thucydides →
knownFor	Roman History →
language	Ancient Greek →
mainWorkGreekTitle	Ῥωμαϊκὴ ἱστορία →
mainWorkLatinTitle	Historia Romana →
mainWorkTitle	Roman History →
name	Cassius Dio →
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 →

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Principate → Pyrrhic War → Roman–Persian Wars →	describedBySource
Caligula → Livia Orestilla → Scribonia →	historicalSource
Commodus ("Cassius Dio's Roman History") →	depictedIn
Lollia Paulina ("Cassius Dio, Roman History") →	describedIn
Cassius Dio ("Lucius Cassius Dio") →	fullName
Pisonian conspiracy →	hasSource
Cassius Dio →	name
Great Fire of Rome →	primarySource
Battle of Beneventum →	recordedBy
Ballomar →	source