The text presented here comes from the sixty ninth book of cassius dios roman history, a book starting with hadrians accession to power. Writings of lucius cassius dio by stephen sorensen jan 8, 2020 leave a comment this article aims to simplify the information presented in the first reference as well as add additional information which is not included there. Little of his roman history survives, but missing portions are partly supplied from elsewhere and there are many excerpts. Now asclepiodotus, so far from speaking against soranus, actually bore witness to his noble qualities. It is one of the books that has not been preserved at all. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read dios annals of rome. These selections represent dios discussion of julia domna. For the little we know of dio, filled out with a bit of reasonable conjecture, as well as a brief analysis and critique of the history and a somewhat longer account of. Trajan and the dacians the account of the dacian wars according to cassius dio the epitome of dios roman history, book 68 last revised. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading delphi complete works of cassius dio illustrated delphi ancient classics book 36. Dio exerted no appreciable influence on his immediate successors in the field of roman history. The accused had had two associates, cassius asclepiodotus of nicaea and this egnatius of berytus.
Dio published a history of rome in 80 volumes, beginning with the legendary arrival of aeneas in italy through the subsequent founding of rome and then to 229. The volumes documented the subsequent founding of rome 753 bc, the. When calpurnius crassus, a descendant of the famous crassi, had formed a plot with some others against him, he caused them to sit beside him at a spectacle they were still ignorant of the fact that they had been informed upon and gave them swords, ostensibly to inspect and see if they were sharp as was often done, but really in order to show that he did not. For the reason why the truth of dio s statement is doubted. Ce, we possess books 3660 36 and 5560 have gaps, which cover the years 68 bce47 ce. Dios roman history, loeb series, macmillan, 191427. Antinous was from bithynium, a city of bithynia, which we also call claudiopolis. On the death of his father roman governor of cilicia he went in 180 to rome, entered the senate, and under the emperor commodus was an advocate. By this i mean that although he was not the only consul appointed, he was the only one that held office. An historical commentary on cassius dios roman history books 6467 a. End of etext cassius dio roman history epitome of book lxii. Numerous and frequentlyupdated resource results are available from this search. We would like to show you a description here but the site wont allow us. For a short biographical presentation of cassius dio and of his main work, the roman history, see cassius dio, roman history xxxvii.
Net epitome of book lxvi it was after the events just narrated that vespasian fell sick, not, if the truth be known, of his accustomed gout, but of a fever, and passed away at aquae cutiliae in the sabine country. Cassius dio cocceianus, historiae romanae earnest cary, herbert baldwin foster, ed. The project gutenberg ebook of dios rome, volume 1 of 6. The following are selections from the epitome, or condensed version, of cassius dios history of rome. Cassius dio consul 291, cassius dionysius searching for cassius dio 47 found 95 total alternate case. Barmann scholars have known since the beginning of this century that there exists in the library of the monastery of iviron on mount athos an epitome of cassius dios roman history, but to date they have not studied it to determine its importance.
He was the son of a government official under marcus aurelius and during the reign of commodus 18093 went to rome, where he began his public career. Roman history, book lxix, written by cassius dio cocceianus in c. The historians of antiquity describe her as a beautiful woman who used intrigues to become empress. Oclcs webjunction has pulled together information and resources to assist library staff as they consider how to handle coronavirus. He was born in leptis magna in the roman province of africa. Marcus cocceius nerva, caesar augustus posts facebook.
Many of his 80 books have survived intact, or as fragments, providing modern scholars with a detailed. Cassius dio cocceianus, historiae romanae, book 68, chapter 1. Reliable information about the coronavirus covid19 is available from the world health organization current situation, international travel. Trajan and the dacians the account of the dacian wars according to cassius dio the epitome of dio s roman history, book 68 last revised.
Book 61, book 62, book 63, book 64, book 65, book 66, book 67, book 68. Fact is, the latter are not dios original work, but an epitome composed by two. Poppaea sabina ad 30 ad 65known as poppaea sabina the younger to differentiate her from her mother and, after ad 63, as poppaea augusta sabinawas a roman empress as the second wife of the emperor nero. Roman history v2 table of contents and fragments of book 12 pdf. Epitome, by ioannes xiphilinus ypsilantisfamilyhistory. Only a single sentence from trajans own commentarii survives. The byzantine monk joannes xiphilinus, second half of the eleventh century, epitomized the roman history of the greek historian dio cassius, 150235 a. Find link is a tool written by edward betts longer titles found. Full text of dio cassius roman history loeb classical library in 9. Delphi complete works of cassius dio illustrated delphi ancient classics book 36 kindle edition by dio, cassius. The sixtyeighth book of cassiuss dio roman history is one of the books that have not been preserved at all.
As a young man he advanced through the customary succession of offices under the reigns of marcus aurelius and commodus. V the project gutenberg ebook of dio s rome, volume v. Cassius dio librarium database of online ancient sources. Dio was a prominent roman and senator who wrote a history of rome down to his own time 218 a.
Dios work is a vital source for the last years of the roman republic and the first four roman emperors. The missing portions are partly supplied, for the earlier gaps by zonaras, who relies closely on dio, and for some later gaps book 35 onwards by john xiphilinus of the eleventh century. Excerpts from the epitome of cassius dios roman history, book 68. He held high offices, becoming a close friend of several emperors. Commentary on cassius dios roman history book 6467 a. The mount athos epitome of cassius dios roman history. Primary sources regarding trajan and the dacian wars. The project gutenberg ebook, dios rome, volume 1 of 6, by cassius dio, translated by herbert baldwin foster this ebook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no. Immediately download the dio cassius summary, chapterbychapter analysis, book notes, essays, quotes, character descriptions, lesson plans, and more everything you need for. As a consequence, we only know book 68 through the epitome of the work that the byzantine monk john xiphilinus made at the end of the eleventh century. Cassius dio cocceianus, historiae romanae, book 68. Free shipping and pickup in store on eligible orders. For the reason why the truth of dios statement is doubted. Epitome of book 69 in egypt also he rebuilt the city named henceforth for antinous.
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