Dio Cassius, Roman History

LCL 177: 68-69

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Dio’s Roman History

καὶ παιδεύσας ὡς οἷόν τε ἦν ἄριστα, πλεῖστον αὐτοῦ ὅσον διήμαρτε. περὶ οὗ ἤδη ῥητέον, ἀπὸ χρυσῆς τε βασιλείας ἐς σιδηρᾶν καὶ κατιωμένην1 τῶν τε πραγμάτων τοῖς τότε Ῥωμαίοις καὶ ἡμῖν νῦν καταπεσούσης τῆς ἱστορίας.—Xiph. 267, 14—268, 21 R. St., Exc. Val. 311, 312a (p. 721 sq.), Suid. s.v. Μάρκος gl. 3.

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son in the best possible way he was vastly disappointeda.d. 180 in him. This matter must be our next topic; for our history now descends from a kingdom of gold to one of iron and rust, as affairs did for the Romans of that day.

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DOI: 10.4159/DLCL.dio_cassius-roman_history.1914