Cassius Dio’s Roman History
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Cassius Dio’s Roman History is a multi-volume work by the Roman senator and historian Cassius Dio that chronicles the history of Rome from its legendary origins through the early third century CE.
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Cassius Dio’s Roman History canonical | 16 |
| Cassius Dio's Roman History | 8 |
| Cassius Dio's "Roman History" | 1 |
| Cassius Dio’s "Roman History" | 1 |
| Roman History by Cassius Dio | 1 |
| works of Cassius Dio | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2637483 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Cassius Dio’s Roman History Context triple: [Avidius Cassius, describedIn, Cassius Dio’s Roman History]
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A.
Herodian's History of the Roman Empire
Herodian's History of the Roman Empire is a 3rd-century Greek historical work that narrates the Roman Empire’s political and military events from the death of Marcus Aurelius to the accession of Gordian III.
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B.
Historia Augusta
The Historia Augusta is a late Roman collection of imperial biographies, notable for its mix of historical fact and fictionalized material about emperors and usurpers.
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C.
Livy’s Ab Urbe Condita
Livy’s *Ab Urbe Condita* is a monumental multi-volume history of Rome written in Latin, tracing the city’s legendary founding through the early empire and shaping later European views of Roman history and virtue.
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D.
Appian’s Roman History
Appian’s Roman History is a multi-volume historical work by the ancient Greek historian Appian that chronicles the rise and conflicts of the Roman Republic, including its wars with Carthage and the career of Hannibal.
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E.
Zosimus' "New History"
Zosimus' "New History" is a late antique Greek historical work that offers a pagan, critical account of the Roman Empire’s decline, including a detailed narrative of the Sack of Rome in 410.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Cassius Dio’s Roman History Target entity description: Cassius Dio’s Roman History is a multi-volume work by the Roman senator and historian Cassius Dio that chronicles the history of Rome from its legendary origins through the early third century CE.
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A.
Herodian's History of the Roman Empire
Herodian's History of the Roman Empire is a 3rd-century Greek historical work that narrates the Roman Empire’s political and military events from the death of Marcus Aurelius to the accession of Gordian III.
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B.
Historia Augusta
The Historia Augusta is a late Roman collection of imperial biographies, notable for its mix of historical fact and fictionalized material about emperors and usurpers.
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C.
Livy’s Ab Urbe Condita
Livy’s *Ab Urbe Condita* is a monumental multi-volume history of Rome written in Latin, tracing the city’s legendary founding through the early empire and shaping later European views of Roman history and virtue.
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D.
Appian’s Roman History
Appian’s Roman History is a multi-volume historical work by the ancient Greek historian Appian that chronicles the rise and conflicts of the Roman Republic, including its wars with Carthage and the career of Hannibal.
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E.
Zosimus' "New History"
Zosimus' "New History" is a late antique Greek historical work that offers a pagan, critical account of the Roman Empire’s decline, including a detailed narrative of the Sack of Rome in 410.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ancient Roman historiography
ⓘ
historical work ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Historia Romana
ⓘ
surface form:
Roman History
|
| author | Cassius Dio ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Roman Empire ⓘ |
| coversEvent |
Augustus’s principate
ⓘ
Julius Caesar’s dictatorship ⓘ Punic Wars ⓘ Roman Empire ⓘ Roman Kingdom ⓘ Roman Republic ⓘ reign of Caracalla ⓘ reign of Commodus ⓘ reign of Hadrian ⓘ reign of Marcus Aurelius ⓘ reign of Septimius Severus ⓘ reign of Trajan ⓘ reigns of the Flavian emperors ⓘ reigns of the Julio-Claudian emperors ⓘ |
| coversPeriodEnd | early third century CE ⓘ |
| coversPeriodStart | legendary foundation of Rome ⓘ |
| dateWritten | early third century CE ⓘ |
| genre |
historiography
ⓘ
history ⓘ |
| hasEpitomeBy |
Xiphilinus
ⓘ
Zonaras ⓘ |
| hasSignificance | major source for Roman history from the late Republic to Severan period ⓘ |
| influenced | later Byzantine historians ⓘ |
| language | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| mainSubject | history of Rome ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | senatorial ⓘ |
| numberOfBooks | 80 ⓘ |
| originalTitle |
Historia Romana
ⓘ
surface form:
Ῥωμαϊκὴ ἱστορία
|
| partiallySurvivesAs |
complete books
ⓘ
epitomes ⓘ fragments ⓘ |
| placeOfComposition | Rome ⓘ |
| sourceFor |
Roman constitutional history
ⓘ
Roman military history ⓘ Roman political history ⓘ history of the Severan dynasty ⓘ history of the early principate ⓘ |
| structure | annalistic ⓘ |
| usedSources |
earlier Roman historians
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official records ⓘ senatorial archives ⓘ |
| writtenByOccupationOfAuthor | Roman senator ⓘ |
| writtenByOriginOfAuthor | Bithynian Greek ⓘ |
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