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Getica (Dio)

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Getica
AuthorCassius Dio or Dio Chrysostom
LanguageClassical Latin or Greek
SubjectHistory, military history
Publication date
? 100-200 AD

Getica was a historical book about the Getae tribes of Thrace which Suidas, Jordanes, and Freculphus attribute to Cassius Dio, while Philostratus sees Dio Chrysostom as its author.[1] No copies of the book are known to exist.

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Notes

  1. ^ Smith, William. Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. p. 1029. Retrieved 2007-05-14.

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