Dion Cassius: Un historien méconnu. Occident from Gustave Courbet to Auguste

from Gustave Courbet to Auguste Rodin

où des pigeons se disputent avec des singes

without hiding the setbacks and reversals

Robert Capa

Dion Cassius: Un historien méconnu. Occident from Gustave Courbet to AugusteWritten 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