Cassius Dio's Forgotten History of Early Rome
The Roman History, Books 1-21
Published on 8. November 2018
Book
Hardback
352 pages
978-90-04-38437-8 (ISBN)
Description
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.
Reviews / Votes
"While it is essential reading, and not merely for those who study Dio's early books, this volume also makes a strong case for how foundational these books are to anyone who works on Dio. Like a good Aristotelian plot, the Roman History's beginning, middle, and end compose a unity. Beyond the volume's content, which is excellently organized in its sequence of chapters, its front and end matter are equally splendid. The volume opens with brief and helpful introductions to the contributors and their scholarly profiles, and it concludes with a useful and well-organized index of names and key terms. Each chapter includes its own bibliography, rather than at the end of the volume. The physical book itself is contained within a glossy, durable hardcover fittingly graced by the reverse of a Republican-era coin depicting the founding twins suckled by the she-wolf. " Jeremy J. Swist, Bryn Mawr Classical Review 2019.07.40More details
Series
Edition
xiv, 338 pp.
Language
English
Place of publication
Leiden
Netherlands
Target group
Professional and scholarly
College/higher education
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Dimensions
Height: 236 mm
Width: 160 mm
Thickness: 25 mm
Weight
635 gr
ISBN-13
978-90-04-38437-8 (9789004384378)
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Persons
Christopher Burden-Strevens is Lecturer in Ancient History at the University of Kent. He is author of the forthcoming monograph, Cassius Dio's Speeches & the Collapse of the Roman Republic, as well as numerous studies on the historiography of the Republic.
Mads Ortving Lindholmer is a Ph.D. candidate at the University of St Andrews where he is engaged on a project on the imperial Roman salutatio. He has published numerous articles and book chapters, especially on Cassius Dio.
Mads Ortving Lindholmer is a Ph.D. candidate at the University of St Andrews where he is engaged on a project on the imperial Roman salutatio. He has published numerous articles and book chapters, especially on Cassius Dio.
Content
Notes on Contributors
The Historiography of Rome and Its Empire Series
Carsten Hjort Lange & Jesper Majbom Madsen
Introduction
Christopher Burden-Strevens
Part 1
The Text
1 La fiabilite de Zonaras dans les deux premieres decades de l'Histoire Romaine de Cassius Dion: le cas des discours
Valerie Fromentin
2 Cassio Dione e le fonti pre- liviane: una versione alternativa dei primi secoli di Roma
Gianpaolo Urso
3 The Regal Period in the Excerpta Constantiniana and in Some Early Byzantine Extracts from Dio's Roman History
C.T. Mallan
Part 2
Military & Political History
4 From Nobles to Villains: The Story of the Republican Senate in Cassius Dio's Roman History
Jesper Majbom Madsen
5 The 'Great Men' of the Middle Republic in Cassius Dio's Roman History
Marianne Coudry
6 Cassius Dio on Violence, Stasis, and Civil War: The Early Years
Carsten Hjort Lange
7 Breaking the Idealistic Paradigm: Competition in Dio's Earlier Republic
Mads Lindholmer
Part 3
Early Rome & Dio's Project
8 Speech in Cassius Dio's Roman History, Books 1-35
John Rich
9 Cultural Interactions and Identities in Cassius Dio's Early Books
Brandon Jones
10 Defining the Good Ruler: Early Kings as Proto-Imperial Figures in Cassius Dio
Verena Schulz
Index
The Historiography of Rome and Its Empire Series
Carsten Hjort Lange & Jesper Majbom Madsen
Introduction
Christopher Burden-Strevens
Part 1
The Text
1 La fiabilite de Zonaras dans les deux premieres decades de l'Histoire Romaine de Cassius Dion: le cas des discours
Valerie Fromentin
2 Cassio Dione e le fonti pre- liviane: una versione alternativa dei primi secoli di Roma
Gianpaolo Urso
3 The Regal Period in the Excerpta Constantiniana and in Some Early Byzantine Extracts from Dio's Roman History
C.T. Mallan
Part 2
Military & Political History
4 From Nobles to Villains: The Story of the Republican Senate in Cassius Dio's Roman History
Jesper Majbom Madsen
5 The 'Great Men' of the Middle Republic in Cassius Dio's Roman History
Marianne Coudry
6 Cassius Dio on Violence, Stasis, and Civil War: The Early Years
Carsten Hjort Lange
7 Breaking the Idealistic Paradigm: Competition in Dio's Earlier Republic
Mads Lindholmer
Part 3
Early Rome & Dio's Project
8 Speech in Cassius Dio's Roman History, Books 1-35
John Rich
9 Cultural Interactions and Identities in Cassius Dio's Early Books
Brandon Jones
10 Defining the Good Ruler: Early Kings as Proto-Imperial Figures in Cassius Dio
Verena Schulz
Index