Notice bibliographique
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Auteur(s) : Dion Cassius (0155?-0235?)
Titre(s) : Cassius Dio, Roman history [Texte imprimé] : books 57 and 58 (the reign of Tiberius) / translated with introduction and commentary by C.T. Mallan
Édition : First ed.
Publication : Oxford (GB) : Oxford University Press, 2020
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (XII-402 p.) ; 22 cm
Collection : Clarendon ancient history
Lien à la collection : Clarendon ancient history series
Note(s) : Bibliogr. p. [369]-394. Index
Texte remanié de : Thesis : Oxford (GB) : 2015
"This volume provides a new translation of Books 57 and 58 of Cassius Dio's Roman
History and the 'fragments' of these books preserved in later Byzantine epitomes,
as well as the first English language commentary to examine them in their entirety.
Dio's Roman History covers almost 1,000 years from the founding of Rome up to the
early third century AD, with Books 57 and 58 focusing on the reign of the emperor
Tiberius (AD 14-37): his account of this period is one of the most important to have
survived from antiquity, not least as it preserves a historiographical tradition in
some ways distinct from that of Tacitus and Suetonius. These books also reveal something
of his authorial preoccupations and present a glimpse into the mind of the historian,
and especially into his understanding of the mechanics of imperial government. The
focus of the commentary is both historical and historiographical, in so far as it
aims to illuminate not only issues arising from Dio's account of the Tiberian principate,
but also to reveal the unity of his work and literary programme: a series of appendices
complement the analysis by providing discussion of some of the key historical problems
surrounding Dio and the reign of Tiberius. The translation (the first since the Loeb
Classical Library edition of E. Cary) aims for both clarity and accuracy, and particular
care has been taken to separate the various textual traditions that have been used
to reconstruct the lost portions of Dio's text. An accompanying general Introduction
offers an accessible overview of Cassius Dio's approach to history based on the latest
research in the field, and will be of particular use to graduate and undergraduate
students coming to the text for the first time"
Autre(s) auteur(s) : Mallan, Christopher Thomas (1986-....). Éditeur scientifique. Traducteur
Sujet(s) : Politique et gouvernement -- Rome -- 30 av. J.-C.-68
Rome -- 14-37 (Tibère)
Genre ou forme : Ouvrages avant 1800
Indice(s) Dewey :
937.07 (23e éd.) = Histoire antique - Péninsule italienne - 0031 av. J.-C.-0284 ap. J.-C.
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9780198797890 (rel.). - ISBN 0198797893
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb46796950v
Notice n° :
FRBNF46796950
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Table des matières : Machine generated contents note:I.. Cassius Dio: The Senatorial Historian -- ; II..
The Roman Historian At Work: The Reign Of Tiberius -- ; II.i.. Sources for the reign
of Tiberius -- ; II.ii.. Method of composition -- ; II.iii.. The shaping of material
and the personality of the historian -- ; II.iv.. Conclusion -- ; III.. The Transmission
Of The Text Of The Roman History -- ; III.i.. Notes on the text and translation in
this commentary -- ; Translation Of Book 57 -- ; Translation Of Book 58 -- ; Commentary
On Book 57 -- ; Commentary On Book 58 -- ; Appendixes -- ; I.. Dio's literary career
-- ; II.. Dio and the chronology of August-October AD 14 -- ; III.. Senatorial business
in September AD 14 -- ; IV.. The family of Tiberius.
