| Cassius Dio states that Caligula intended to make his horse Incitatus consul, but was assassinated before he could do so. |
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| The main ancient historians Tacitus, Suetonius, and Cassius Dio all wrote after the last of the Flavians had gone. |
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| Dio was less biased, but seems to have used Suetonius and Tacitus as sources. |
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| Cassius Dio mentions Gnaeus Hosidius Geta, who probably led the IX Hispana, and Vespasian's brother Titus Flavius Sabinus the Younger. |
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| However, Dio says the Romans sailed east to west, and a journey from Boulogne to Richborough is south to north. |
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| Cassius Dio presents this as Plautius needing the emperor's assistance to defeat the resurgent British, who were determined to avenge Togodumnus. |
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| Cassius Dio relates that he brought war elephants and heavy armaments which would have overawed any remaining native resistance. |
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| Cassius Dio records that the new Governor, Virius Lupus, was obliged to buy peace from a fractious northern tribe known as the Maeatae. |
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| The il cornuto, or devil horns, hand gesture was popularized by vocalist Ronnie James Dio while with Black Sabbath and Dio. |
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| Herodian and Dio wrote only in passing of the campaign but describe the Caledonians ceding territory to Rome as being the result. |
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| Cassius Dio records that the Caledonians inflicted 50,000 Roman casualties due to attrition and unconventional tactics such as guerrilla warfare. |
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| According to Cassius Dio, the main reason Caracalla passed the law was to increase the number of people available to tax. |
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| Caesar himself denied the accusations repeatedly throughout his lifetime, and according to Cassius Dio, even under oath on one occasion. |
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| Cassius Dio viewed the Germanic tribes as Celts, an impression given perhaps by Belgica, the name assigned to lower Germania at the time. |
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| Dio does not mention the border, but he views upper Germany as extending to the source of the Rhine. |
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| Both Tacitus and Cassius Dio wrote that Livia was rumored to have brought about Augustus' death by poisoning fresh figs. |
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| Dio implies that he did so out of cowardice, in order to avoid the imminent clash with the opposition. |
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| Dio Cassius reported that the Dacians themselves used that name, and the Romans so called them, while the Greeks called them Getae. |
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| Dio Cassius draws attention to the cultural similarities between the two people. |
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| According to Cassius Dio Claudius became very sickly and thin by the end of Caligula's reign, most likely due to stress. |
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| Besides this, Pliny the Younger's Panegyricus and Dio of Prusa's orations are the best surviving contemporary sources. |
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| An excellent example of this Greek alienation was the personal role played by Dio of Prusa in his relationship with Trajan. |
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| Dio is described by Philostratus as Trajan's close friend, and Trajan as supposedly engaging publicly in conversations with Dio. |
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| Dio tells us that, by this stage, Cunobelinus was dead, and Togodumnus and Caratacus led the initial resistance to the invasion in Kent. |
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| Caratacus is named by Dio Cassius as a son of the Catuvellaunian king Cunobelinus. |
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| The text of Cassius Dio seems to suggest that Seneca, who was a private citizen, was responsible for the violence. |
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| Dio says that, even if they were lined up one deep, they would not have extended the length of Boudica's line. |
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| Cassius Dio, Herodian and the Historia Augusta have many accounts about his extravagance. |
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| Dio Cassius relates that Augustus personally accepted the post of superintendent. |
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| Two other sons, Togodumnus and Caratacus, are named by Dio Cassius. |
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| Dio Cassius notes the presence of Germans on the slope of the hill behind the camp, where the Porta Quaestoria, the gate where provisions were brought in, would have been. |
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| Sometimes the criminals were decimated by lot, as appears in Polybius, Tacitus, Plutarch, Appian, Dio, Julius Capitolinus, who also mentions a centesimation. |
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| Tacitus and Cassius Dio agree that Boudica was of royal descent. |
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| With regards to the emperor himself as a religious figure, both Suetonius and Cassius Dio allege that Domitian officially gave himself the title of Dominus et Deus. |
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| His advisers were men like the senator and historian Cassius Dio, and it is claimed that he created a select board of 16 senators, although this claim is disputed. |
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| Little else is known of the young Severus' education, but according to Cassius Dio the boy had been eager for more education than he had actually got. |
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| Dio Chrysostom described the Dacians as natural philosophers. |
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| According to Cassius Dio, the conspirators approached Nerva as a potential successor prior to the assassination, suggesting that he was at least aware of the plot. |
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| Cassius Dio describes Drusus establishing a fort in Chatti territory on the Rhine in 11 BC, and that in 10 BC they moved out of an area where the Romans had permitted them. |
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| Cassius Dio is most likely not only the first author to mention the Alamanni but also the last one to record a historical appearance of the Chatti. |
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| The alternative view is to see the campaign as triggered by the lure of territorial annexation and prestige, the sole motive ascribed by Cassius Dio. |
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| According to Cassius Dio, the legio XII Fulminata was hemmed in by a superior Quadi force and almost forced to surrender because of the heat and thirst. |
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| Dio was among those who gave a highly critical account of military discipline during the time, saying that they would rather just surrender to the enemy. |
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| Later historians, notably Dio Cassius, are suspicious of his motives. |
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