He published 80 volumes of history on ancient rome, beginning with the arrival of aeneas in italy. Cassius dio cocceianus, historiae romanae, book 53. Full text of protestant episcopal almanac and church. The following is contained in the fiftythird of dios rome. On the death of his father roman governor of cilicia he went in 180. Search the history of over 424 billion web pages on the internet. Harvard university press offices are located at 79 garden street, cambridge, ma. Roman history v19 by dio cassius along with 1200 ancient works includes instant access to all the full texts online and you will receive all the texts in a 4gb flash drive by mail in 46 days. He held high offices, becoming a close friend of several emperors.
Now asclepiodotus, so far from speaking against soranus, actually bore witness to his noble qualities. Roman history, volume iii dio cassius harvard university press. Only a few of the original 80 books of this history of rome have survived to this day. The accused had had two associates, cassius asclepiodotus of nicaea and this egnatius of berytus. Cassius dio cocceianus, historiae romanae earnest cary, herbert baldwin foster, ed. Cassius dio, human nature and the late roman republic. Dios work is a vital source for the last years of the roman republic and the first. Excerpt from the cary translation provided by lacuscurtius describing the defeat of varus legions. The only part of dios history with any intrinsic value in this analysis was the speech he inserted into the mouth of maecenas in book 52, which has been seen. A commentary on the fiftythird book of dio cassius roman history. Cassius dio cocceianus, historiae romanae, book 53, chapter 1. 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.
An historical narrative originally composed in greek during the reigns of septimus severus, geta and caracalla, macrinus, elagabalus and alexander severus, trans. Little of his roman history survives, but missing portions are partly supplied. Much of what we know about the various writings of cassius dio comes from byzantine scholars. We would like to show you a description here but the site wont allow us.