Dio's Rome, Volume 5 An Historical Narrative Originally Composed in Greek During The Reigns of Septimius Severus, Geta and Caracalla, Macrinus, Elagabalus and Alexander Severus: and Now Presented in English Form

Cassius Dio Cocceianus

A Roman senator writing in Greek, he left one of the fullest surviving histories of Rome, tracing its story from its legendary beginnings to the 3rd century empire. His work is especially valued because he combined a statesman’s insider view with a historian’s long perspective.