Dion Cassius: Un historien méconnu. Occident From this pyre of images

From this pyre of images

the order extended its mission to the defense of the Latin states of the East

without hiding the setbacks and reversals

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Dion Cassius: Un historien méconnu. Occident From this pyre of imagesWritten by one of the best current specialists, this work in a lively style presents the life of a major historian of ancient Rome and the originality of his work. Dio Cassius, an aristocrat from Asia Minor, became a high official in Rome and advisor to one of the emperors of the Severan dynasty, at the beginning of the 3rd century century AD, then returned to his homeland to write, in Greek, a monumental history of Rome, from its origins to its own