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Brill's companion to Cassius Dio /

"This Companion is the first of its kind on the Roman historian Cassius Dio. It introduces the reader to the life and work of one of the most fundamental but previously neglected historians in the Roman historical canon. Together the eighteen chapters focus on Cassius Dio's background as G...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Madsen, Jesper Majbom (Editor), Scott, Andrew G. (Editor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2023]
Series:Brill's companions to classical studies,
Subjects:
Cassius Dio Cocceianus.
Cassius Dio Cocceianus. > Roman history.
Rome > Historiography.
Historians > Rome > Biography.
Politicians > Rome > Biography.
Greeks > Rome > Biography.
Roman history (Cassius Dio Cocceianus)
Greeks.
Historians.
Historiography.
Politicians.
Rome (Empire)
Biographies.
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Summary:"This Companion is the first of its kind on the Roman historian Cassius Dio. It introduces the reader to the life and work of one of the most fundamental but previously neglected historians in the Roman historical canon. Together the eighteen chapters focus on Cassius Dio's background as Graeco-Roman intellectual from Bithynia who worked his way up the political hierarchy in Rome and analyses his Roman History as the product of a politically engaged historian who carefully ties Rome's constitutional situation together with the city's history"--
Physical Description:xiii, 524 pages ; 25 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
ISBN:9789004524170
9004524177
ISSN:1872-3357