Is it Cassius Dio or Dio Cassius? Who was he, when was he writing and what was he writing about? Dr Christopher Burden-Strevens (University of Kent) spills the tea to James Renshaw on this enigma of an historian and how useful his source material is for understanding the Julio-Claudian Emperors!
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