Dio Cassius

/ ˈdaɪəʊ ˈkæsɪəs /

noun

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

At any rate, the account of the matter given by Dio Cassius has generally been accepted.

Indeed even Gentiles helped them, so that the whole world (Dio Cassius says) was stirred.

The authentic historian Dio Cassius relates that besides419 those who died of hunger and fire, there fell half a million Jews.

Dio Cassius is worthy of little credit as to this period, and Appian less so, unless when supported by Latin authority.

Its details are obscure—the chief authority being Dio Cassius.

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