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Dio Cassius (c. AD 150-c. 235)Roman historian. He wrote, in Greek, a Roman history in 80 books (of which 26 survive), covering the period from the founding of the city to AD 229, including the only surviving account of the invasion of Britain by Claudius in 43 BC. |
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We begin, then, with a quote from Dio Cassius produced during the Augustan age. The Emperor then was Antoninus Pius (138-161), described by the third-century pagan historian Dio Cassius as "showing the Christians great respect. When, in 13 CE, a statue was erected celebrating and personifying the Justice of Augustus, it was simply part of the policy of getting as near as possible to deifying the emperor while he was still alive (indeed, Dio Cassius claims that Octavian deliberately employed "Augustus" to signify that he was more than human (53. |
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