Cassius Dio’s «Roman History» provides readers with general information about the author’s brilliant public career in 220s, but the author’s brief autobiographic accounts tempt scholars to raise questions concerning the steps of his career. One of the issues is the date of Dio’s first consulate, another one is the nature of the conflict between Dio and the praetorians (80. 4. 1 - 5. 2). The main purpose of the article is to reveal the role of the historian in Roman political affairs of the period and the impact of Dio’s career vicissitudes on his literary work.
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