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CASSIUS DIO (163-235).
Dionis Cassii Nicaei, Romanae historiae libri (tot enim hodie extant) XXV. nimirum a XXXVI ad LXI : Quibus exponuntur res gestae a bello Cretico usque ad mortem Claudii Caesaris, quae est historia annorum circiter CII : Nunc primum summa fide diligentiaque de Graecis Latini facti / Guilielmo Xylandro Augustano interprete : His accesserunt eiusdem Annotationes, in quib. autoris huius quamplurima aut restituuntur corrupta, aut explicantur obscura loca. Additum est Ioannis Xiphilini e Dione Compendium / Guil. Blanco Albiensi interprete: quae versio ab eodem Xylandro diligenter est, ubi oportuit, castigata : Iidem libri Dionis ac Xiphilini seorsim Graece quoque eduntur, accurate ab eodem emendati.
Basileae : apud Ioannem Oporinum, [1558]. olio (302 x 210 mm) [10] Bl., 676 S., [25] Bl., 1 folding plate (genealogiae Cesarum), printer mark on the title, decorated initials, text ruled in red. contemporary brown calf, medallion at the centre, spine on raised bands somewhat restored, split joins, dampstains on first leaves; paper somewhat yellowed.
Reference : B352492
Cassius Dio's Roman History remains a critical source for understanding Roman political and military history from the Republic through the early Empire. Spanning 80 booksof which portions survive. Dedicatory epistle by Guilielmus Xylander to Johannes Henricus Herwartus. Exlibris manuscript on the title. VD16 D 1793
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