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Book SynopsisCassius Dio (c. 160–c. 230) is a familiar name to Roman historians, but still an enigmatic one. His text has shaped our understanding of his own period and earlier eras, but basic questions remain about his Greek and Roman cultural identities and his literary and intellectual influences. Contributors to this volume read Dio against different backgrounds including the politics of the Severan court, the cultural milieu of the Second Sophistic and Roman traditions of historiography and political theory. Dio emerges as not just a recounter of events, but a representative of his times in all their complexity.
Table of ContentsAcknowledgements List of Figures and Tables Notes on Contributors Historiography of Rome and Its Empire Series Carsten H. Lange and Jesper M. Madsen Introduction: Conversations with the Author Adam Kemezis, Colin Bailey and Beatrice Poletti part 1: Political Theory and Commentary 1 Dio and Pompey: Explaining the Failure of the Republic David S. Potter 2 “Safety First”: Cassius Dio on the Augustan Senate Jonathan Scott Perry 3 Cassius Dio and the Ideal Constitution Jasper Majbom Madsen 4 Monarchy as “True Democracy” in Cassius Dio and the Second Sophistic Authors: Irony, Utopia, or Ideal? Konstantin V. Markov 5 Antoninum habemus, omnia habemus: The nomen Antoninorum Issue between the Historia Augusta and Cassius Dio Antonio Pistellato part 2: Rome and the Imperial Court 6 Contested Constructions: Cassius Dio and the Framing of Female Participation as Builders Karin S. Tate 7 Dio and the Dowager Empresses, Part 2: Julia Domna, the Senate, and Succession Julie Langford 8 Cassius Dio and the Imperial Admission Mads Ortving Lindholmer 9 Cassius Dio and the Imitatio Alexandri Frances Pownall 10 Cassius Dio, Julia Maesa and the Omens Foretelling the Rise of Elagabalus and Severus Alexander Riccardo Bertolazzi 11 Imperial Fortunes: Portents, Prodigies and Dio’s Astrology of the State Selina Stewart part 3: Literary Heritage 12 The Novel World of Cassius Dio Brandon Jones 13 Telling Tales of Macrinus: Strategies of Fiction in Dio’s Contemporary History Joel Allen 14 Dio and the Failed Politician Cicero Robert Porod 15 Cameo Roles: Dio’s Portrayal of Earlier Senatorial Historians Adam M. Kemezis part 4: Hellenic Culture 16 Bilingualism and Authority in Cassius Dio Sulochana Asirvatham 17 Cassius Dio’s Asia Minor: Biography and Historiography Christina T. Kuhn 18 Dio, Severus, and the Ludi Saeculares of 204 ce Jeremy Rossiter and Bethany Brothers Index
