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The Augustan succession : an historical commentary on Cassius Dio's Roman history, Books 55-56 (9 B.C.-A.D. 14) /
The Augustan Succession is an historical commentary on Books 55-56 of Dio's Roman History. These books recount the last half of the reign of the Emperor Augustus, above all his orchestration of the first imperial succession. Addressed to both students and scholars, the new commentary is the fir...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
2004.
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| Colección: | American classical studies ;
no. 47. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Notes for the Reader; Maps; 1. The Northern Frontiers; 2. Augustan Rome; 3. The East under Augustus; 4. Italy; 5. The Provinces in Dio's Time; 6. Rebellion in Illyricum A.D. 6-9; Introduction; 1. Chronology of Dio's Life, Career, and Writings; 2. How Dio Portrays Himself; 3. Dio's View of History; 4. Dio on Augustus' Place in Roman History; 5. How Dio Composed His Account of Augustus' Reign (31 B.C.- A.D. 14); 6. The Text of Books 55-56; Commentary; Book 55: 9 B.C.- A.D. 8; Book 56: A.D. 9-14; Appendixes; 1. How Dio Visualized Trans-Rhenane Germany under Augustus.
- 2. Dio on Tiber Floods3. Augustan imperatores; 4. Dio on Distributions of Largesse (congiaria) in Augustan Rome; 5. Dio on Famines; 6. One More Problem in the Fasti Praenestini of 16 January; 7. Suetonius Aug. 34.1-2 and the Dates of Augustus' Marriage Laws; 8. Sources on the War in Dalmatia, A.D. 9; 9. Velleius 2.115.4 on the War in Dalmatia: An Emendation; 10. Sources on the Varian Disaster, A.D. 9; 11. On the Text of Dio 56.21.2-3 (Varian Disaster); 12. Augustus' Last Will: Substitute Heirs; 13. How Much Did Dio Alter the Editio Princeps of His History in Preparing Its Second Edition?
- 14. Dio 55.12.3[sup(a)]-5 (Xiph.-Zon.) on the Value of the Aureus and Denarius15. How the Book Numbers Work in Boissevain's Dio Edition, Vol. 3, Books 61-80; Bibliography and Abbreviations; Index; 1. Disputed or New Readings; 2. Index of Selected Passages; 3. Greek Words; 4. Latin Words; 5. Persons, Places, and Institutions; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Z.