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title: Testimonies
title_greek: Μαρτυρίαι
author: Dio Cassius of Nicaea
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# Testimonies

*Μαρτυρίαι*

**Author:** Dio Cassius of Nicaea

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## Text

### 3c,707,T 1

SUDA (Σ 1239) s.v. Δίων ὁ Κάσσιος χρηματίσας .... ἔγραψε Ῥωμαικὴν ἱστορίαν ἐν βιβλίοις π (διαιροῦνται δὲ κατὰ δεκάδας)· Περσικά (690 T 1)· Γετικά· Ἐνόδια· Τὰ κατὰ Τραιανόν· Βίον Ἀρριανοῦ τοῦ φιλοσόφου.

### 3c,707,T 2

PHILOSTRAT. Vit. Soph. 1, 7 p. 7, 14 Kayser: ὡς δὲ καὶ ἱστορίαν ἱκανὸς ἦν ξυγγράφειν (scil. Δίων ὁ Προυσαῖος), δηλοῖ τὰ Γετικά· καὶ γὰρ δὴ καὶ ἐς Γέτας ἦλθεν, ὁπότε ἠλᾶτο (T 4).

### 3c,707,T 3a

JORDANES Getica 9,58: Dio storicus et antiquitatum diligentissimus inquisitor, qui operi suo Getica titulum dedit (F 2).

### 3c,707,T 3b

——5, 40: Dio, qui historias eorum (scil. Gothorum) annalesque Greco stilo composuit (F 1).

### 3c,707,T 4

DION PRUS. Or. 36 (Βορυσθενιτικός) § 1: ἐτύγχανον μὲν ἐπιδημῶν ἐν Βορυσθένει τὸ θέρος, ὁπότε εἰσέπλευσα μετὰ τὴν φυγήν (a. 82—96), βουλόμενος ἐλθεῖν, ἐὰν δύνωμαι, διὰ Σκυθῶν εἰς Γέτας, ὅπως θεάσωμαι τἀκεῖ πράγματα ὁποῖά ἐστι κτλ.

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