Cassius Dio the Historian: Methods and Approaches

Jesper Majbom Madsen (Editor), Carsten Hjort Lange (Editor)

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Abstract

Cassius Dio the Historian: Methods and Approaches focuses on Cassius Dio as a historian – the only historian who allows us to follow the developments of Rome’s political institutions during a more than thousand year period, from the foundation of the city to Cassius Dio’s retirement from public life in 229 CE. The volume explores the Roman historian’s methodology and agendas, all of which influenced his approaches to Rome’s history. It offers a reassessment that rests on a deeper study of his relationship with historiographical traditions as well as his narrative and structural approach to Roman history. It examines Cassius Dio as both a writer in the historiographic tradition with his own agenda for writing The Roman History and a historian with his own ambition to tell the history of Rome.
Original languageEnglish
Place of PublicationLeiden og Boston
PublisherBrill
Volume10
Number of pages478
ISBN (Print)978-90-04-46148-2
ISBN (Electronic)978-90-04-46160-4
Publication statusPublished - 27 May 2021
EventCassius Dio the Historian: Methods and Approaches/Call for papers - SDU, Odense , Denmark
Duration: 7 Dec 20169 Dec 2016
SeriesBrill's Historiography of Rome and Its Empire Series
Volume10
ISSN2468-2314

Conference

ConferenceCassius Dio the Historian: Methods and Approaches/Call for papers
LocationSDU
Country/TerritoryDenmark
CityOdense
Period07/12/201609/12/2016

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  • Cassius Dio: Between History and Politics (Forskernetværk, FKK)

    Lange, C. H., Madsen, J. M., Hinge, G., Osgood, J., Kemezis, A., Coudry, M., Allen, J., Ando, C., Asirvatham, S., Baron, C., Burden-Strevens, C., Gowing, A., Jones, B., Kuhn, A., Kuhn, C., Langford, J., Mallan, C., Markov, K., Mastrorosa, I. G., Rich, J., Scott, A. G., Schultz, V., Urso, G. & Vaahtera, J.

    01/08/201631/07/2018

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