Cassius Dio's forgotten history of early Rome : the "Roman history", Books 1-21 /

Cassius Dio's forgotten history of early Rome : the "Roman history", Books 1-21 /

In a radical change of approach, Cassius Dio's Forgotten History of Early Rome illuminates the least explored and understood part of Cassius Dio's enormous Roman History : the first two decads, which span over half a millennium of history and constitute a quarter of Dio's work. Combin...

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Other Authors: Burden-Strevens, Christopher (Editor), Lindholmer, Mads (Editor)

Format: eBook

Language: English
French
Italian

Published: Boston : Brill, [2019]

Series: Historiography of Rome and Its Empire 3.
Classical Studies E-Books Online, Collection 2019, ISBN: 9789004386266.

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Cassius Dio Cocceianus. > Roman history. > Book 1-21.
Historiography > Rome.
Rome > History > Historiography.

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Call Number: DG206.C38 C36 2019

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Summary:In a radical change of approach, Cassius Dio's Forgotten History of Early Rome illuminates the least explored and understood part of Cassius Dio's enormous Roman History : the first two decads, which span over half a millennium of history and constitute a quarter of Dio's work. Combining literary and historiographical perspectives with source-criticism and textual analysis for the first time in the study of Dio's early books, this collection of chapters demonstrates the integral place of 'early Rome' within the text as a whole and Dio's distinctive approach to this semi-mythical period. By focussing on these hitherto neglected portions of the text, this volume seeks to further the ongoing reappraisal of one of Rome's most significant but traditionally under-appreciated historians.
Physical Description:1 online resource.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:9789004384552
ISSN:2468-2314 ;