Cassius Apronianus

Cassius Apronianus or Apronianus (died 180) was a Roman who lived in the 2nd century. He was a member of the gens Cassius, one of the oldest families in Ancient Rome.

Apronianus was a Roman of senatorial rank. Apronianus was originally from Bithynia (modern North-Western Turkey). Through his political career, at different periods he was a Roman proconsul (or governor) of Cilicia (modern Southern-Eastern Turkey) and Dalmatia (modern Dalmatia, Croatia),[1] during the Nerva-Antonine Dynasty in Rome.

Apronianus married the daughter of Greek historian, orator, and philosopher Dio Chrysostom. Their son was Roman historian, consul and senator Cassius Dio.[1] Apronianus was admitted into the Roman senate in 180, but did not enjoy this honor for long; in the same year he died.

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