11-20-2006, 05:50 PM
Matt,
Cassius Dio was born about mid-2nd century AD and died sometime after 229 AD.
The quote is from his Roman History, which spans the period from the arrival of Aeneas in Italy through ca 229 AD.
The specific quote above describes events during the Roman Civil War after the assasination of Caesar, when Sextus Pompey (son of Pompey the Not-so-Great) took over Sicily as the base for his fleet, from whence he could control a good bit of the Roman grain supply.
So, he's a later author describing much earlier events.
Calvus
Cassius Dio was born about mid-2nd century AD and died sometime after 229 AD.
The quote is from his Roman History, which spans the period from the arrival of Aeneas in Italy through ca 229 AD.
The specific quote above describes events during the Roman Civil War after the assasination of Caesar, when Sextus Pompey (son of Pompey the Not-so-Great) took over Sicily as the base for his fleet, from whence he could control a good bit of the Roman grain supply.
So, he's a later author describing much earlier events.
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