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Headword:
Δίων
Adler number: delta,1239
Translated headword: Dion, Dio
Vetting Status: low
Translation: 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]
Δίων, ὁ Κάσσιος χρηματίσας, ὁ ἐπίκλην Κοκκήϊος: οἱ δὲ Κοκκηϊανός: Νικαεύς, ἱστορικός, γεγονὼς ἐπὶ τῶν χρόνων Ἀλεξάνδρου τοῦ Μαμαίας. ἔγραψε Ῥωμαϊκὴν ἱστορίαν ἐν βιβλίοις π#: διαιροῦνται δὲ κατὰ δεκάδας. Περσικά, Γετικά, Ἐνόδια, Τὰ κατὰ Τραϊανόν, Βίον Ἀρριανοῦ τοῦ φιλοσόφου.
Notes:
AD c.164-after 229. See generally OCD(3) pp.299-300.
[1] On this name see
kappa 1914.
[2] In
Bithynia; modern Iznik.
[3] The emperor (ruled AD 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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