From Republic to Principate: an Historical Commentary on Cassius Dio’s Roman History Books 49-52 (36-29 B.C.)

CONTENTS
Series Preface .......ijç
Preface to Volume 6 « xiii
Bibliography and Abbreviations ...... .j.....;....>.....,.,......,..xv
Dio's Life and Career ........>..;.»...*•........,...,.,... 1
Introduction to Books 49-52 5
Dio's Sources for Books 49-52 6
Dio's Methods and Style............... . ....................9
On the Date of Composition of Books 49-52....................y............i..,ll
Dio and Augustus....................^.^.............i:.^..V.i..w....^....^...v..;....12
Dkrahd me Third Century... i..............:. 14
Commentary
Book 49 ...............: 17
Book 50 ... ......83
Book 51 J"..: ; U... ...v. ..117
Book 52 i... H. 165
Appendixes 215
1. "Human Nature" in Dio ., 215
2. Duration of the Operations Against Sextus
Pompey in 36 B.C. ..............217
3. The Date in 37 B.C. of the Capture of Jerusalem ..„ 218
4. Ventidius' Command in the East (49.19.1-22.1) ...219
5. Ventidius' Triumphal Oration ....r.rt22ft
6. On the Marriage of Antony and Cleopatra 22Ö
7. The Propaganda War of 32-31 B.C „ ...222
8. The Officia] Termination ofthe Triumvirate.............. ,,........,.224
9. Tfie^Actian Era '••. *•••.' -22*5
10. The Actian Games - - 226
11. Roman Attitudes Towards Egyptians.. I....227
12. TbeBoute of Alexandria (51.17.2-3) 228
13. The Tribunician Power of Augustus (51.19.6-7) 229
14. The "Vote of Athena" (51.19.7) 230
15. The Beginning of Augustus' Rule. 231
16. On the Praenomen"Imperator" (52.41.3-4)., ......231
17 The Economic Burden of Athletes' Pensions (52.30.4-6) , 233
Notes to the Appendixes • 234
Maps „.... .N. 241
L The War Against Sextos Pompey, 36 B.C 241
2. The Eastern Frontier, 39-29 B.C , 242
3. * Octavian's Illyrian Campaigns, 35-33 B.C .....;......243
4. The Theatre of Actium, 31 B.C. 244
5. Crassus'Campaigns in the Balkans 245
Indexes... 247
1. Disputed Readings 247
2. Discussions of Selected Passages From Other Sources 247
3. Greek Words . 248
4. Persons, Places and Institutions 248