Cassius Dio and the Late Roman Republic

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Cassius Dio and the Late Roman Republic offers new understandings of Dio’s late republican narrative both as a well-informed historical source and a skillful narrative informed by the rich tradition of Greco-Roman history writing. Contents Historiography of Rome and Its Empire Series Acknowledgments Notes on Contributors Chapter 1 Introduction: Cassius Dio and the Late Roman Republic Part 1 Narrative Themes and Texture Chapter 2 Imperialism and the Crisis of the Roman Republic: Dio’s View on Late Republican Conquests (Books 36–40) Chapter 3 Electoral Bribery and the Challenge to the Authority of the Senate: Two Aspects of Dio’s View of the Late Roman Republic (Books 36–40) Chapter 4 Wrinkles in Time: Chronological Ruptures in Cassius Dio’s Narrative of the Late Republic Chapter 5 Dio the Deviant: Comparing Dio’s Late Republic and the Parallel Sources Chapter 6 Cassius Dio and the Virtuous Roman Part 2 Characters, Institutions, and Episodes Chapter 7 The Republican Dictatorship: an Imperia lPerspective Chapter 8 Spectacle Entertainments in the Late Republican Books of Cassius Dio’s Roman History Chapter 9 Cassius Dio’s Catiline: “A Name Greater Than His Deeds Deserved” Chapter 10 Dio and the Voice of the Sibyl Part 3 Civil War and the Victory of Augustus Chapter 11 Responding to Civil War: M. Claudius Marcellus Aeserninus and M. Caelius Rufus in Cassius Dio, Book 42 Chapter 12 Cassius Dio on Sextus Pompeius and Late Republican Civil War Chapter 13 Like Father Like Son: the Differences in How Dio Tells the Story of Julius Caesar and His More Successful Son Chapter 14 Towards the Conceptualization of Cassius Dio’s Narration of the Early Career of Octavian Index