Dio Cassius : (Nicaea, Bithynia, c. 155- id., C. 235) Greek historian. He belonged to a large senatorial family, as he was the son of the influential patrician Cassius Aproniano, and descended from Dion of Prusa on his mother’s side. He befriended Septimius Severus and Severus Alexander. He was curator of Smyrna and Pergamum, proconsul of Africa, legate of Dalmatia and, later, of Upper Pannonia, and consul in 229. Author of a Roman History. It has been considered the best of the historians of the s. III.
His work
His most important work is Roman History written in Greek, which covers nearly a thousand years of history, from the founding of the city in 753 BC. Until the year 229. It consists of eighty books, many of which have reached the present day in summaries of the Byzantine period. He is, along with Herodiano, the most important writer of the 2nd and 3rd centuries.
Books translated into Spanish
- Dio Cassius. Roman history. Complete work. Madrid.
- Books I – XXXV (Fragments). 2004.
- Books XXXVI – XLV. 2004.
- XLVI-XLIX books. 2011.
- L-LX books. 2011.