Cassius Dio and the Late Roman Republic

Erscheinungsjahr 2019
ISBN: 978-90-04-40505-9
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 4, 304 Seiten, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 236 mm, Gewicht: 612 g

Reihe: Historiography of Rome and Its Empire

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Weitere Mitwirkende

Osgood, Josiah

Baron, Christopher

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtswissenschaft Allgemein Historiographie
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie Geschichte der klassischen Antike Römische Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie Geschichte der klassischen Antike Spätantike

Über Autor(innen)

Josiah Osgood, Ph.D. (2002), Yale University, is Chair and Professor of Classics at Georgetown University. He has published monographs, textbooks, translations, and articles on Rome including Rome and the Making of a World State, 150 BCE - 20 CE (Cambridge University Press).

Christopher Baron, Ph.D. (2006), University of Pennsylvania, is Associate Professor of Classics (Concurrent in History) at the University of Notre Dame. Publications include Timaeus of Tauromenium and Hellenistic Historiography (Cambridge University Press, 2013) and numerous articles on Greco-Roman historical writing.

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