Cassius Dio’s Roman History

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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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Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient Roman historiography
historical work
alsoKnownAs Roman History
linked to: Historia Romana
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 Ῥωμαϊκὴ ἱστορία
linked to: Historia Romana
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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Avidius Cassius describedIn Cassius Dio’s Roman History
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
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Great Fire of Rome mentionedInWork Cassius Dio's Roman History
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murder of Claudia Octavia isDescribedIn works of Cassius Dio
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Roman conquest of Britain describedIn Cassius Dio's Roman History
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Suicide of Nero describedIn Cassius Dio's Roman History
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Ides of March 44 BC hasAncientHistorianSource Cassius Dio’s "Roman History"
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Marcus Antonius Antyllus mentionedIn Cassius Dio's "Roman History"
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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 linked to: 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
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Roman conquest of Germania describedIn Cassius Dio’s Roman History
Annus quattuor imperatorum documentedIn Roman History by Cassius Dio
subject linked to: annus quattuor imperatorum
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Gnaeus Calpurnius Piso source Cassius Dio’s Roman History
Hadrian’s travels documentedIn Cassius Dio’s Roman History