Δίων
Dion, Dio
Translated by David Whitehead1 Sep 2001Vetting: high4 revisions
Translation
[Dio,] 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