Cassius Dio

Leonardo Gregoratti (University of Durham)

Ed. by Emily Kneebone, University of Nottingham
The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 1.1.2: Ancient Roman Writing and Culture (Republic and Empire), -750-476.
Vol. editors: Anca Dan (École Practique de Hautes Études PSL), Martine Diepenbroek (University of Johannesburg), William John Dominik (University of Otago), Giacomo Fedeli (University of Exeter), Victoria Fendel (University of Oxford), Thomas Habinek (University of Southern California), Emily Kneebone (University of Nottingham), Elodie Paillard (University of Sydney), Sophia Papaioannou (National and Kapodistrian University of Athens), Guendalina Daniela Maria Taietti (University of Liverpool), Jula Wildberger (American University of Paris)

Dates

Born c. 155
Died c. 235

Places

Active in Ancient Rome (Republic & Empire)

Activities

Primary

Historian / Chronicler

Resources

Dio's Works

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Lucius Cassius Dio (c. 155 AD - c. 235 AD; Latin

: Lucius Cassius Dio

; the cognomen

Cocceianus

is attested only later, in Byzantine times, and is probably invented), was a Roman statesman and historian of Greek origin.

Life and Career

Life and Career

Cassius Dio was the son of the Roman senator Cassius Apronianus, consul and Roman governor of Lycia-Pamphylia, Cilicia and Dalmatia (Cass. Dio, XLIX 36. 4; LXIX 1. 3; LXXII 7. 2); he hailed from the city of Nicia in Bithynia and therefore was a Roman citizen by birth. The issue of his name remains unresolved, and only the names Cassius and Dio are reliably attested. Some epigraphic sources give Lucius as his praenomen, while others add Claudius to his nomina. The cognomen Cocceianus seems to have been added only in Byzantine times due to a

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Citation: Gregoratti, Leonardo. "Cassius Dio". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 25 March 2019 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/speople.php?rec=true&UID=14443, accessed 22 November 2024.]

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