Cassius Dio's Speeches and the Collapse of the Roman Republic : The Roman History, Books 3-56 /
Burden-Strevens, Christopher,
Cassius Dio's Speeches and the Collapse of the Roman Republic : The Roman History, Books 3-56 / The Roman History, Books 3-56 Christopher Burden-Strevens. - 1 online resource. - Historiography of Rome and Its Empire ; 7 Classical Studies E-Books Online, Collection 2020, ISBN: 9789004393820 . - Historiography of Rome and Its Empire ; 7. Classical Studies E-Books Online, Collection 2020, ISBN: 9789004393820. .
Front Matter -- Copyright page -- Dedication -- Historiography of Rome and Its Empire Series / Acknowledgements -- Table of Speeches -- Introduction -- Method -- Oratory -- Morality -- Institutions & Empire -- Epilogue -- Back Matter -- Bibliography -- Index. Carsten H. Lange and Jesper M. Madsen --
In Cassius Dio's Speeches and the Collapse of the Roman Republic, Christopher Burden-Strevens provides a radical reinterpretation of the importance of public speech in one of our most significant historical sources for the bloody and dramatic transition from Republic to Principate. Cassius Dio's Roman History, composed in eighty books early in the 3rd century CE, has only recently come to be appreciated as a sophisticated work of history-writing. In this book, Burden-Strevens demonstrates the central role played by speeches in Dio's original analysis of the decline of the Republic and the success of the emperor Augustus' regime, including a detailed study of their possible sources, themes, methods of composition, and their distinctiveness within the traditions of Roman historiography.
9789004431362 9789004373600
10.1163/9789004431362 DOI
2020015806
Cassius Dio Cocceianus. Roman history.
Speeches, addresses, etc., Greek--History and criticism.
Rhetoric, Ancient.
Rome--History--Historiography.
DG205
937/.07
Cassius Dio's Speeches and the Collapse of the Roman Republic : The Roman History, Books 3-56 / The Roman History, Books 3-56 Christopher Burden-Strevens. - 1 online resource. - Historiography of Rome and Its Empire ; 7 Classical Studies E-Books Online, Collection 2020, ISBN: 9789004393820 . - Historiography of Rome and Its Empire ; 7. Classical Studies E-Books Online, Collection 2020, ISBN: 9789004393820. .
Front Matter -- Copyright page -- Dedication -- Historiography of Rome and Its Empire Series / Acknowledgements -- Table of Speeches -- Introduction -- Method -- Oratory -- Morality -- Institutions & Empire -- Epilogue -- Back Matter -- Bibliography -- Index. Carsten H. Lange and Jesper M. Madsen --
In Cassius Dio's Speeches and the Collapse of the Roman Republic, Christopher Burden-Strevens provides a radical reinterpretation of the importance of public speech in one of our most significant historical sources for the bloody and dramatic transition from Republic to Principate. Cassius Dio's Roman History, composed in eighty books early in the 3rd century CE, has only recently come to be appreciated as a sophisticated work of history-writing. In this book, Burden-Strevens demonstrates the central role played by speeches in Dio's original analysis of the decline of the Republic and the success of the emperor Augustus' regime, including a detailed study of their possible sources, themes, methods of composition, and their distinctiveness within the traditions of Roman historiography.
9789004431362 9789004373600
10.1163/9789004431362 DOI
2020015806
Cassius Dio Cocceianus. Roman history.
Speeches, addresses, etc., Greek--History and criticism.
Rhetoric, Ancient.
Rome--History--Historiography.
DG205
937/.07