10 Facts About Dio Chrysostom

Dio Chrysostom was born at Prusa, in the Roman province of Bithynia (now part of northwestern Turkey).

Dio Chrysostom went to Rome during Vespasian's reign, by which time he seems to have got married and had a child.

Dio Chrysostom became a critic of the Emperor Domitian, who banished him from Rome, Italy, and Bithynia in 82 for advising one of the Emperor's conspiring relatives.

Dio Chrysostom thus visited Thrace, Mysia, Scythia, and the country of the Getae, giving orations.

Dio Chrysostom was a friend of Nerva, and when Domitian was murdered in 96 AD, Dio used his influence with the army stationed on the frontier in favour of Nerva.

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Dio Chrysostom adopted the surname Cocceianus, reflecting Nerva's nomen, Cocceius.

Dio Chrysostom addressed his four Orations on Kingship to Nerva's successor, Trajan, and appears to have known the Emperor personally, claiming "I am perhaps as well acquainted with your character as anyone.

Dio Chrysostom was part of the Second Sophistic school of Greek philosophers which reached its peak in the early 2nd century.

Dio Chrysostom was considered one of the most eminent of the Greek rhetoricians and sophists by the ancients who wrote about him, such as Philostratus, Synesius, and Photius.

Dio Chrysostom wrote many other philosophical and historical works, none of which survive.