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Showing 1 to 3 of 3 for “"Cassius Dio"”.
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The Roman Senate at War: A Study of Senatorial Government and Administration during the Second Punic War, 218-201 BC BCE
… and Livy, with supplementary accounts by Appian, Cassius Dio (and Zonaras), Plutarch, and Valerius Maximus. These literary accounts (together with any relevant epigraphic evidence) will be carefully cited, discussed, and analysed to form a positivist, empirical, and evidence-based inquiry into the …
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Rethinking the Third Century CE: Contemporary Historiography and Political Narrative
… the narratives of two contemporary witnesses, Cassius Dio and Herodian. Dio is the subject of my first discussion. I address two problems. Firstly, Dio’s contemporary history survives only through Byzantine epitomes and excerpts. Its irreparable alteration means that Dio’s later books cannot be …
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Memory And Moderation: The Imperial Image Of Augustus And Its Perception Among Later Authors
… </p> <p>The fifth and last chapter will discuss Cassius Dio's career during the reigns of Commodus and the Severan dynasty. Like Pliny and Tacitus, Dio witnessed many atrocities committed by emperors. However, Dio seeks to remedy present ills by invoking Augustus' moderation as precedent for …