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Gaius Dillius Vocula

Gaius Dillius Vocula (†70 CE): Roman army commander, one of Rome's heroes during the Batavian revolt (69-70).Gaius Dillius Vocula was born in Córdoba in Andalusia as the son of an otherwise unknown Roman knight named Aulus Dillius. His son probably…

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Dio Chrysostom and Pliny the Younger

Dio Chrysostom (c.40 - after 112) was a Greek politician and philosopher, and one of the first representatives of the Second Sophistic. In 111, he was accused of lèse-majesté. As it happens, the governor who preseded this trial was Pliny…

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Diocletian

Diocletian: emperor of the Roman world (r. 284-305). Diocletian Names: 22 December 245: Diocles 20 November 284: Imperator Caesar, Gaius Aurelius Valerius Diocletianus Augustus 1…

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Diodorus

Diodorus of Sicily: Greek historian, author of the Library of World History. His activities can be dated between 60 and 30 BCE.Life Roman,…

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