Birthdate: 0095 AD
Birthplace: Alexandria, Egypt
Died: 0165 AD
Appian of Alexandria, a Greek historian with Roman citizenship, served in senior offices in Aegyptus before relocating to Rome to work as an advocate. He later became a procurator, likely in Egypt, with the recommendation of his friend Marcus Cornelius Fronto. Appian’s significant work, Roman History, written in Greek, offers insightful narratives on different peoples and regions until their integration into the Roman Empire. His Civil Wars books concentrate on the decline of the Roman Republic, while The Foreign Wars detail military engagements against foreign adversaries in Roman history.
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