A Study of Cassius Dio

CONTENTS
LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS Xlll
INTRODUCTION: THE BYZANTINE EXCERPTS,
XIPHILINUS AND ZONARAS I
I. THE MAN AND HIS CAREER 5
I I . THE COMPOSITION OF THE HISTORY 28
The Time of Composition 28
The First Stage : the Collection of Material 32
The Use of Sources 34
The Secend Stage: Composition 38
Style 40
Cicero 46
Brutus and Cassius from the Ides of March to
Philippi 55
The Reign of Hadrian 60
Conclusion 72
III. POLITICAL AND HISTORICAL VIEWS 73
Political Judgements and Generalizations 74
The Speeches 78
The Reign of Augustus 83
Agrippa and Maecenas 102
Conclusion 118
IV. THE HISTORY OF HIS OWN TIME Iig
Composition 119
Commodus 122
Pertinax 134
Didius Julianus 136
Septimius Severus 138
Caracalla 150
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Macrinus 160
Elagabal 168
Severus Alexander 170
Conclusion 171
V. DIO AND ROME 174
CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE OF Dio'S LIFE AND WRITINGS 193
APPENDIXES
i. Xiphilinus' and Zonaras' Epitomes of Dio Book 54 195
11. The Date of Dio's First Consulship 204
in. References in the History to Datable Events
within Dio's Lifetime 208
iv. References in the History to Contemporary
Institutions and Customs 211
v. The Pseudo-Alexander of A.D. 221 214
BIBLIOGRAPHY 219
INDEX OF PASSAGES IN DIO 227
INDEX 229