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Dio Cassius

British  
/ ˈdaɪəʊ ˈkæsɪəs /

noun

  1. ?155–?230 ad , Roman historian. His History of Rome covers the period of Rome's transition from Republic to Empire

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Dio Cassius, the Greek historian, said Cleopatra "was a woman of surpassing beauty… and a knowledge of how to make herself agreeable to everyone".

From The Guardian • Jan. 9, 2011

Dio Cassius Bericht über die Varusschlacht verglichen mit den übrigen Geschichtsquellen.

From Dio's Rome, Volume 1 (of 6) An Historical Narrative Originally Composed in Greek during the Reigns of Septimius Severus, Geta and Caracalla, Macrinus, Elagabalus and Alexander Severus: and Now Presented in English Form by Dio, Cassius

Stuart.—The attitude of Dio Cassius towards epigraphic sources.

From Dio's Rome, Volume 1 (of 6) An Historical Narrative Originally Composed in Greek during the Reigns of Septimius Severus, Geta and Caracalla, Macrinus, Elagabalus and Alexander Severus: and Now Presented in English Form by Dio, Cassius

According to Dio Cassius, LIV, 7, this visit was made in B.C.

From A Harmony of the Gospels for Students of the Life of Christ Based on the Broadus Harmony in the Revised Version by Robertson, Archibald Thomas

Correcting Josephus by himself and by Dio Cassius we thus again get B.C.

From A Harmony of the Gospels for Students of the Life of Christ Based on the Broadus Harmony in the Revised Version by Robertson, Archibald Thomas

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