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Cassius Dio

155 - 235

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Lucius Cassius Dio (c. 165 – c. 235), also known as Dio Cassius (Greek: Δίων Κάσσιος Dion Kassios), was a Roman historian and senator of maternal Greek origin. He published 80 volumes of the history of ancient Rome, beginning with the arrival of Aeneas in Italy. The volumes documented the subsequent founding of Rome (753 BC), the formation of the Republic (509 BC), and the creation of the Empire (27 BC) up until 229 AD, during the reign of Severus Alexander. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Cassius Dio has received more than 1,207,962 page views. His biography is available in 58 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 56 in 2019). Cassius Dio is the 17th most popular historian, the 104th most popular biography from Turkey (down from 101st in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Turkish Historian.

Cassius Dio was a Roman historian who wrote a history of Rome from the end of the Republic to the reign of Emperor Domitian.

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Among HISTORIANS

Among historians, Cassius Dio ranks 17 out of 339. Before him are Alexis de Tocqueville, Diodorus Siculus, Thomas Kuhn, Manetho, Hecataeus of Miletus, and Procopius. After him are Arnold J. Toynbee, Johann Joachim Winckelmann, Mircea Eliade, Fernand Braudel, Leopold von Ranke, and Johan Huizinga.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 155, Cassius Dio ranks 3. Before him are Cao Cao and Tertullian. After him are Sun Jian, Yuan Shu, and Xiahou Dun. Among people deceased in 235, Cassius Dio ranks 2. Before him is Severus Alexander. After him are Pope Pontian, Hippolytus of Rome, Julia Avita Mamaea, and Claudius Aelianus.

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In Turkey

Among people born in Turkey, Cassius Dio ranks 104 out of 1,301. Before him are Andromache (null), Bartholomew I of Constantinople (1940), Pedanius Dioscorides (40), Michael VIII Palaiologos (1224), Hecataeus of Miletus (-550), and Enver Pasha (1881). After him are Artemisia I of Caria (-500), Saint Pantaleon (275), Gregory of Nyssa (335), Ulfilas (311), Photios I of Constantinople (900), and Nikephoros I (760).

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Among HISTORIANS In Turkey

Among historians born in Turkey, Cassius Dio ranks 3. Before him are Herodotus (-484) and Hecataeus of Miletus (-550). After him are Arrian (89), Ali ibn al-Athir (1160), Niketas Choniates (1155), Socrates of Constantinople (380), Libanius (314), Eutropius (320), Ephorus (-400), George Kedrenos (1100), and Eunapius (349).

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