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'''Appian of
He was born c. 95 in [[Alexandria]]. After holding the chief offices in the [[Roman province|province]] of [[Aegyptus Province|Aegyptus]] (Egypt), he went to [[Rome]] c. 120, where he practised as an [[advocate]], pleading cases before the emperors (probably as ''advocatus fisci'', an important official of the imperial treasury).<ref name=Loeb>{{cite book|last=White|first=Horace|title=Appian's Roman History|year=1912|publisher=The Loeb Classical Library|location=Cambridge, Massachusetts|isbn=0-674-99002-1|pages=[https://archive.org/details/appianromanhisto00appi_466/page/ vii–xii]|chapter=Introduction|url=https://archive.org/details/appianromanhisto00appi_466/page/}}</ref> It was in 147 at the earliest that he was appointed to the office of [[procurator (Roman)|procurator]], probably in Egypt, on the recommendation of his friend [[Marcus Cornelius Fronto]], a well-known [[litterateur]]. Because the position of procurator was open only to members of the [[equestrian (Roman)|equestrian order]] (the "knightly" class), his possession of this office tells us about Appian's family background.
His principal surviving work (Ρωμαϊκά ''Romaiká'', known in [[Latin]] as ''Historia Romana'' and in [[English language|English]] as ''Roman History'') was written in [[Greek language|Greek]] in 24 books, before 165. This work more closely resembles a [[Monographic series|series of monographs]] than a connected history. It gives an account of various peoples and countries from the earliest times down to their incorporation into the [[Roman Empire]], and survives in complete books and considerable fragments.<ref name=Loeb/> The work is very valuable, especially for the period of the [[Roman Republican civil wars|civil wars]].<ref name="EB1911">{{EB1911|inline=y|wstitle=Appian|volume=2|pages=221–222}}</ref>
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