Cassius Apronianus was a Roman senator who lived in the 2nd century. It has been conjectured that he supposedly married the daughter of the Greek historian, orator, and philosopher Dio Chrysostom.[1][2] Their son was the historian, consul and senator Cassius Dio.[3]
Apronianus was originally from Bithynia (modern northwestern Turkey). He was governor of Lycia et Pamphylia around 179/180,[4] then of Cilicia (modern southeastern Turkey) c. 180 - c. 183,[5] where he was joined by his son Dio.[1] Apronianus became suffect consul most likely around 185,[4] after which he served as governor of Dalmatia (modern Dalmatia, Croatia).[3]
References
- ^ a b Dio, 44.36; 49.1; 72.7
- ^ Gowing, Alain M. (1990). "Dio's Name". Classical Philology. 85 (1): 49–54 – via JSTOR.
- ^ a b Smith, William, ed. (1880). A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, Volume 1. J. Murray. p. 251. Retrieved 28 November 2016.
- ^ a b Géza Alföldy, Konsulat und Senatorenstand unter der Antoninen (Bonn: Rudolf Habelt Verlag, 1977), p. 265
- ^ Alföldy, Konsulat und Senatorenstand, p. 254
Sources
- Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 8 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 278–279.
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