Lucius Cassius Dio, also known as Dio Cassius, was a Roman historian and senator of maternal Greek origin. He published 80 volumes of the history of ancient Rome, beginning with the arrival of Aeneas
17th century illustration of Dio
Excerpt (78.8.6-78.11.1) of Cassius Dio's Roman History from a 5th-century manuscript.
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The censor was a magistrate in ancient Rome who was responsible for maintaining the census, supervising public morality, and overseeing certain aspects of the government's finances.
Scene of census-taking from the so-called Altar of Domitius Ahenobarbus, late 2nd century BC
The Temple of Saturn, which housed the aerarium Saturni and the aerarium sanctum
Appius Claudius Caecus, one of the most influential censors