Cassius Apronianus Explained

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] Their son was the historian, consul and senator Cassius Dio.

Apronianus was originally from Bithynia (modern northwestern Turkey). He was governor of Lycia et Pamphylia around 179/180,[2] then of Cilicia (modern southeastern Turkey) c. 180 - c. 183,[3] where he was joined by his son Dio.[4] Apronianus became suffect consul most likely around 185,[2] after which he served as governor of Dalmatia (modern Dalmatia, Croatia).[5]

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Notes and References

  1. Gowing . Alain M. . 1990 . Dio's Name . Classical Philology . 85 . 1 . 49–54 . JSTOR.
  2. Géza Alföldy, Konsulat und Senatorenstand unter der Antoninen (Bonn: Rudolf Habelt Verlag, 1977), p. 265
  3. Alföldy, Konsulat und Senatorenstand, p. 254
  4. Dio, 44.36; 49.1; 72.7
  5. Book: Smith. William. William Smith (lexicographer). A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, Volume 1. J. Murray. 1880. 251. 28 November 2016.