Rebellion and Reconstruction: Galba To Domitian An Historical Commentary On Cassius Dio's Roman History. Volume 9, Books 64-67 (A.D. 68-96)

by Murison, Charles Leslie

• ISBN13: 9780788505478
• ISBN10: 0788505475
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1999-05-01
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

Cassius Dio's Roman History is an important supplement to the Roman writers Tacitus and Suetonius for the period of empire-wide civil war after the death of Nero, but for 70-96 and the reigns of Vespasian, Titus, and Domitian it is the only narrative source. This is the first commentary on books 64-67 since 1752 and the first ever in English. There are six maps and all quotations in Greek and Latin are translated.

Table of Contents

Series Preface	ix
Preface to Volume 9	xiii
Bibliography and Abbreviations	xv
Introduction to Books 64-67	1	(28)
The Text of Books 64-67	1	(2)
Book Divisions	3	(2)
Dio's Life	5	(3)
Chronology of Composition	8	(4)
Dio's Sources for Books 64-67	12	(8)
Biographical versus Annalistic History	20	(2)
Books 64-67 and Dio's View of his own Time	22	(7)
Commentary	29	(244)
Book 64	29	(43)
Book 65	72	(51)
Book 66	123	(80)
Book 67	203	(70)
Maps	273	(6)
The Vitellian Invasion of Italy	273	(1)
Cremona and Bedriacum	274	(1)
Northern and Central Italy	275	(1)
Jerusalem	276	(1)
Rome in the Flavian Period	277	(1)
The Danubian Provinces	278	(1)
Indexes	279	(1)
Disputed Readings	279	(1)
Discussions of Selected Passages from Other Sources	279	(1)
Greek Words	279	(1)
Persons, Places and Institutions	280