Roman History. Volume II, Books 12-35 /

Dio Cassius (Cassius Dio), ca. 150- 235 CE, was born at Nicaea in Bithynia in Asia Minor. On the death of his father (Roman governor of Cilicia) he went in 180 to Rome, entered the Senate, and under the emperor Commodus was an advocate. He held high offices, becoming a close friend of several empero...

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Cassius Dio Cocceianus
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Cary, Earnest (ÜbersetzerIn), Foster, Herbert Baldwin (ÜbersetzerIn)
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Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:
Englisch
Veröffentlicht:
Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, 1914.
Zusammenfassung:
Dio Cassius (Cassius Dio), ca. 150- 235 CE, was born at Nicaea in Bithynia in Asia Minor. On the death of his father (Roman governor of Cilicia) he went in 180 to Rome, entered the Senate, and under the emperor Commodus was an advocate. He held high offices, becoming a close friend of several emperors. He was made governor of Pergamum and Smyrna; consul in 220; proconsul of Africa; governor of Dalmatia and then of Pannonia; and consul again in 229.
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1 online resource (528 pages).
ISBN:
0-674-99041-2
Schlagworte:
Emperors > Rome > Biography > Early works to 1800.
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