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Headword:
Diôn
Adler number: delta,1239
Translated headword: Dion, Dio
Vetting Status: high
Translation: [Dio,] known as
Cassius, and nicknamed Cocceius - though some [say] Coccieanus.[1] Of
Nikaia,[2] historian, lived in the time of Alexander Mamaias.[3] He wrote a
Roman History in 80 books; they are divided into groups of ten. [He also wrote]
Persika,
Getika,
Portents,
Events of the Reign of Trajan, [and a]
Life of Arrian the philosopher.[4]
Diôn, ho Kassios chrêmatisas, ho epiklên Kokkêïos: hoi de Kokkêïanos: Nikaeus, historikos, gegonôs epi tôn chronôn Alexandrou tou Mamaias. egrapse Rhômaïkên historian en bibliois p#: diairountai de kata dekadas. Persika, Getika, Enodia, Ta kata Traïanon, Bion Arrianou tou philosophou.
Notes:
AD c.164-after 229. See generally OCD(4) 288 '
Cassius Dio'.
[1] On this name see
kappa 1914.
[2] In
Bithynia; present-day Iznik in Turkey.
[3] The emperor (ruled 222-235)
Severus Alexander; see
alpha 1124.
[4] (Arrian:
alpha 3868.) Of these works, only the
Roman History survives, and that only in part. Some or all of the others have been considered misattributed.
Translated by: David Whitehead on 1 September 2001@09:11:39.
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