| Cassius Dio's Forgotten History of Early Rome: The Roman History, Books 1-21 Contributor(s): Burden-Strevens, Christopher (Editor), Lindholmer, Mads (Editor) |
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ISBN: 9004384375 ISBN-13: 9789004384378 Publisher: Brill OUR PRICE: $151.05 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: November 2018 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Historiography - History | Ancient - General - History | Civilization |
| Series: Historiography of Rome and Its Empire |
| Physical Information: 1" H x 6.3" W x 9.3" (1.40 lbs) 352 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher 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. |