Dio Chrysostom was born

Dio Chrysostom was born in Prusa of Bithynia about 40 CE and died about 120. Dio became a sophist and criticized philosophers such as Musonius until he was converted by him in Rome. In 82 Dio was banished by Domitian from Rome, Italy, and Bithynia for advising a conspiring relative of the Emperor. He lived like a poor Cynic traveling and doing manual labor. People often asked him questions, and he began to speak about human duties and what is beneficial. Chrysostom means "golden mouth." In Viminacium on the Danube, Dio wrote a history of the Getae; but it is not extant. Dio visited military camps in his rags. According to Philostratus, when he saw troops beginning to mutiny after Domitian's assassination, Dio leaped on an altar and stripped off his rags like Odysseus as he quoted Homer. Then he energetically indicted the tyrant but persuaded the soldiers it would be wiser to act according to the will of the Roman people.






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