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Dio Cassius
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Dio Cassius [ˈdaɪəʊ ˈkæsɪəs]
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(Biographies / Dio Cassius (?155-?230) M, Roman, HISTORY: historian) ?155-?230 ad, Roman historian. His History of Rome covers the period of Rome's transition from Republic to Empire


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Every Roman writer who chronicled the fall of the republic--Appian, Tacitus, Cassius Dio, Sallust, Cicero, and others--marveled at the evaporation of ancient virtue that preceded the loss of liberty.
Yet still the young Caesar wavered, according to historian Cassius Dio, as to whether to forge ahead as Rome's sole ruler or to attempt to restore republican government.
 
 
 
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