What is Cassius Dio?
'''Lucius Cassius Dio Cocceianus'''<ref>Dio's name: ''[[L'Année épigraphique]]'' 1971, 430 = Κλ΄ Κάδδιος Δίων. ''Roman Military Diplomas'', Roxan, 133 = ''L. Cassius Dio''.</ref><ref>[[Alain Gowing]], who has edited Cassius Dio, argues that the evidence for ''Cocceianus'' is insufficient. During the Byzantine era, he was confused with [[Dio Chrysostom]].Pliny shows that Dio Chrysostom was named Cocceianus.</ref> ({{lang-grc|Δίων ὁ Κάσσιος}}, c. AD 150 – 235),<ref>According to some scholars, such as Millar (Millar, F., ''A study of Cassius Dio'', Oxford 1966, p. 13), he was born later, in 163/164.</ref> known in [[English language|English]] as '''Cassius Dio''', '''Dio Cassius''', or '''Dio''' (Dione. lib) was a [[Roman consul]]. He was active as a [[historian]] writing in [[Greek language|Greek]]. Dio published a history of [[Ancient Rome|Rome]] in 80 volumes, beginning with the legendary arrival of [[Aeneas]] in [[Italy]] through the subsequent [[Romulus and Remus|founding of Rome]] (753 BC), the [[Roman Republic|formation of the Republic]] (509 BC), and the [[History of the Roman Empire|creation of the Empire]] (31 BC), up to AD 229; a period of about 1,400 years. Of the 80 books, written over 22 years, many survive into the modern age intact or as [[fragment]]s. Modern [[scholar]]s still use them to get a detailed understanding of Ancient Roman history. == References == {{reflist}} {{Authority control}} [[Category:Ancient Roman historians]] [[Category:Ancient Greek writers]] [[Category:150s births]] [[Category:235 deaths]] {{bio-stub}}