3 Quotes by Cassius Dio



  • Author Cassius Dio
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    For that they [the Iazyges] were still strong at this time [A.D. 175] and had done the Romans great harm was evident from the fact that they returned a hundred thousand captives that were still in their hands even after the many who had been sold, had died, or had escaped, and that they promptly furnished as their contribution to the alliance eight thousand cavalry, fifty-five hundred of whom he [Marcus Aurelius] sent to Britain.

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