Dio Chrysostom

Dio Chrysostom, Dio of Prusa or Cocceianus Dio, was a Greek orator, writer, philosopher and historian of the Roman Empire in the 1st century AD. Eighty of his Discourses are extant, as well as a few letters, a mock essay Encomium on Hair, and a few other fragments.

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Who was born first?

• Dio Chrysostom and Plutarch were born the same year
• Dio Chrysostom was born 5 years before Ban Zhao
• Dio Chrysostom was born 6 years after Zhang Daoling
• Dio Chrysostom was born 6 years after Persius
• Dio Chrysostom was born 10 years after Frontinus

Timeline

1. Frontinuscirca AD 30 – AD 103
2. PersiusDecember 4, AD 34 – November 24, AD 62
3. Zhang Daoling34–156
4. Dio Chrysostom (this page)circa AD 40 – circa AD 120
5. Plutarchcirca AD 40s – circa AD 120
6. Ban Zhao45–116

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