CONTENTS
Preface
Bibliography
Abbreviations
INTRODUCTION
PARALLEL GREEK TEXT AND ENGLISH TRANSLATION
COMMENTARY
Apparatus Criticus
Maps
Index
Dio Cassius, too often consulted just as a historical source,
was an historian of considerable interest and originality
at once a Greek man of letters and a late representative of the
Roman tradition of senatorial historical writing. For the reign
of Augustus his history is much the fullest account to survive.
This edition covers the years 28 to 5 BC, after which there are
substantial gaps in Dio's text; it includes Dio's extended discussion
of the constitutional settlement of 27 BC and the imperial system
it inaugurated. The notes discuss the historical subject matter
and Dio's treatment of it; particular attention is paid to the
way Dio shaped his material in the light of his own values and
interests. The introduction deals with Dio's life, the character
of his history, and his view of Augustus.
John Rich is Lecturer in Classics at the University of Nottingham.
272pp. (1991) cl 383 3 £35 / $59.99, pb 384 1 £16.50 / $28
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"This volume adds much to the study of Roman history. Students,
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"Rich brings to bear two admirable qualities: serious attention
to Dio as a thinker in his own right and a broad familiarity with
the history and scholarship of the Augustan period... a useful
guide to at least a part of the best extant history of the regime
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"...Rich's book has a long and useful future ahead of it."
"The commentary, together with the translation which is built
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