Roman History, Volume VI: Books 51-55 [Greek, Ancient (To 1453)]

by Cassius Dio

A sweeping chronicle from Aeneas to Alexander Severus.

Dio Cassius (Cassius Dio), circa AD 150-235, 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;...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: Greek, Ancient (To 1453)
• ISBN: 0674990927
• ISBN13: 9780674990920
• Release Date: January 1917
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 512 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 4.5" x 6.7"