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Also Known As Lucius Cassius Dio • Dio Cocceianus • Dion Cassius
Born c.150 • İznik • Turkey
Died 235
Title / Office consul (229), Roman Empire • governor (222-222), Africa • consul (220), Roman Empire
Subjects Of Study Battle of the Teutoburg Forest • Roman Empire • ancient Rome • universal history
Augustus
Augustus
Roman emperor
Bust of Vespasian, found at Ostia; in the Museo Nazionale Romano, Rome.
Vespasian
Roman emperor
Theodor Mommsen.
Theodor Mommsen
German historian, philologist, and legal scholar
Diocletian
Diocletian
Roman emperor
Theodosius I
Theodosius I
Roman emperor
Marcus Aurelius
Marcus Aurelius
emperor of Rome
Trajan
Trajan
Roman emperor
Detail of a marble bust of Domitian, in the Palazzo dei Conservatori, Rome
Domitian
Roman emperor
Gaius Maecenas, marble bust; in the Palazzo dei Conservatori, Rome
Gaius Maecenas
Roman diplomat and patron
Aurelian
Aurelian
Roman emperor
Galba
Galba
Roman emperor
Valentinian I, Roman coin, c. ad 370; in the British Museum.
Valentinian I
Roman emperor
Publius Quinctilius Varus
Roman general
Galerius, marble bust; in the Capitoline Museum, Rome
Galerius
Roman emperor
Quintus Caecilius Metellus Macedonicus
Roman general and statesman
Roman Emperor Valens
Valens
Roman emperor
Constantius I Chlorus, marble bust; in the Capitoline Museum, Rome.
Constantius I
Roman emperor
Nero Claudius Drusus Germanicus, marble bust by an unknown artist; in the Capitoline Museum, Rome
Nero Claudius Drusus Germanicus
Roman commander [38 bc–9 bc]
Maximinus, plaster bust; in the Capitoline Museum, Rome
Maximinus
emperor of Rome
Bust of Aulus Vitellius, marble; in the Capitoline Museum, Rome.
Aulus Vitellius
Roman emperor

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