» For the grammarian, see Aelius Herodianus. For the dynasty, see Herodian Dynasty. For the saint numbered among the Seventy Disciples, see Herodion of Patras. Herodian or Herodianus of Syria (ca. 170–240) was a minor Roman civil servant who wrote a colourful history titled History of the Empire from the Death of Marcus in eight books covering the years 180 to 238. His work isn't entirely reliable although his relatively unbiased account of Elagabalus's more useful than that of Cassius Di… (More on Herodian)