Cassius Dio and the Late Roman Republic / edited by Josiah Osgood, Christopher Baron.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Osgood, Josiah, 1974- editor.

Baron, Christopher A., 1973- editor.

Series:

Historiography of Rome and its empire ; Volume 4.

Historiography of Rome and its Empire, 2468-2314 ; Volume 4

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cassius Dio Cocceianus. Roman history.

Cassius Dio Cocceianus.

Roman history (Cassius Dio Cocceianus).

History.

Historiography.

Rome--History--Republic, 265-30 B.C--Historiography.

Rome.

Rome (Empire).

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xii, 303 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2019]

Summary:

"Cassius Dio's Roman History is an essential, yet still undervalued, source for modern historians of the late Roman Republic. The papers in this volume show how his account can be used to gain new perspectives on such topics as the memory of the conspirator Catiline, debates over leadership in Rome, and the nature of alliance formation in civil war. Contributors also establish Dio as fully in command of his narrative, shaping it to suit his own interests as a senator, a political theorist, and, above all, a historian. Sophisticated use of chronology, manipulation of annalistic form, and engagement with Thucydides are just some of the ways Dio engages with the rich tradition of Greco-Roman historiography to advance his own interpretations. Contributors are: Christopher Baron, Estelle Bertrand, Christopher Burden-Strevens, Jesper Carlsen, Marianne Coudry, Carsten Hjort Lange, Mads Ortving Lindholmer, Jesper Majbom Madsen, Konstantin V. Markov, Josiah Osgood, Andrew G. Scott, Gianpaolo Urso, Kathryn Welch"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction: Cassius Dio and the Late Roman Republic / Josiah Osgood and Christopher Baron

Imperialism and the crisis of the Roman Republic : Dio's view on late Republican conquests (Books 36-40) / Estelle Bertrand

Electoral bribery and the challenge to the authority of the senate : aspects of Dio's view of the Late Roman Republic (Books 36-40) / Marianne Coudry

Wrinkles in time : chronological ruptures in Cassius Dio's narrative of the late Republic / Christopher Baron

Dio the deviant : comparing Dio's late Republic and the parallel sources / Mads Ortving Lindholmer

Cassius Dio and the virtuous Roman / Kathryn Welch

The republican dictatorship : an imperial perspective / Christopher Burden-Strevens

Spectacle entertainments in the late Republican books of Cassius Dio's Roman history / Jesper Carlsen

Cassius Dio's catiline : "a name greater than his deeds deserved" / Gianpaolo Urso

Dio and the voice of the Sibyl / Josiah Osgood

Responding to civil war : M. Claudius Marcellus Aeserninus and Caelius Rufus in Cassius Dio, Book 42 / Andrew G. Scott

Cassius Dio on Sextus Pompeius and late Republican civil war / Carsten Hjort Lange

Like father like son : the differences in how Dio tells the story of Julius Caesar and his more successful son / Jesper Majbom Madsen

Towards the conceptualization of Cassius Dio's narration of the early career of Octavian / Konstantin V. Markov.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Cassius Dio and the Late Roman Republic

ISBN:

9789004405059

9004405054

OCLC:

1091957796

Publisher Number:

99983029852