دانلود کتاب A Study of Cassius Dio

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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 xii CONTENTS 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