Dio Cassius
Britishnoun
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Dio Cassius, the Greek historian, said Cleopatra "was a woman of surpassing beauty… and a knowledge of how to make herself agreeable to everyone".
From The Guardian • Jan. 9, 2011
Dio Cassius mentions a bridge, possibly 3000 to 4000 ft. in length, built by Trajan over the Danube in A.D.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria" by Various
Reimarus, the well-known editor of Dio Cassius, published at Hamburg, 1737; see also C.F.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 1 "Evangelical Church Conference" to "Fairbairn, Sir William" by Various
That such was the custom of the Romans on these occasions appears from passages of Suetonius and Dio Cassius: "Pattrem familias—canibus objecit, cure hoc titulo, Impie locutus parmularius."
From Evidence of Christianity by Paley, William
Suetonius, Tacitus, Dio Cassius, have, all three, written of the reign of Tiberius.
From Evidence of Christianity by Paley, William
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