Dio Cassius
Britishnoun
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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
I remember reading, perhaps in Dio Cassius, that the Romans had medals struck with a Dacian inscription and on the obverse the picture of a headless man.
From The Golden Age in Transylvania by Jókai, Mór
The account of their overthrow by Crassus in Dio Cassius is in striking accord with the scenes on the Adamklissi monument.
From Man, Past and Present by Haddon, Alfred Court
Reimarus, the well-known editor of Dio Cassius, published at Hamburg, 1737; see also C.F.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 1 "Evangelical Church Conference" to "Fairbairn, Sir William" by Various
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