Cassius Dio and the Late Roman Republic (Historiography of Rome and Its Empire, 4)

"Cassius Dio's Roman History is an essential, yet still undervalued, source for modern historians of the late Roman Republic. The papers in this volume show how his account can be used to gain new perspectives on such topics as the memory of the conspirator Catiline, debates over leadership in Rome, and the nature of alliance formation in civil war. Contributors also establish Dio as fully in command of his narrative, shaping it to suit his own interests as a senator, a political theorist, and, above all, a historian. Sophisticated use of chronology, manipulation of annalistic form, and engagement with Thucydides are just some of the ways Dio engages with the rich tradition of Greco-Roman historiography to advance his own interpretations. Contributors are: Christopher Baron, Estelle Bertrand, Christopher Burden-Strevens, Jesper Carlsen, Marianne Coudry, Carsten Hjort Lange, Mads Ortving Lindholmer, Jesper Majbom Madsen, Konstantin V. Markov, Josiah Osgood, Andrew G. Scott, Gianpaolo Urso, Kathryn Welch"-- Provided by publisher Contents 6 Historiography of Rome and Its Empire Series 8 Acknowledgments 9 Notes on Contributors 10 Chapter 1 Introduction: Cassius Dio and the Late Roman Republic 14 Part 1 Narrative Themes and Texture 30 Chapter 2 Imperialism and the Crisis of the Roman Republic: Dio’s View on Late Republican Conquests (Books 36–40) 32 Chapter 3 Electoral Bribery and the Challenge to the Authority of the Senate: Two Aspects of Dio’s View of the Late Roman Republic (Books 36–40) 49 Chapter 4 Wrinkles in Time: Chronological Ruptures in Cassius Dio’s Narrative of the Late Republic 63 Chapter 5 Dio the Deviant: Comparing Dio’s Late Republic and the Parallel Sources 85 Chapter 6 Cassius Dio and the Virtuous Roman 110 Part 2 Characters, Institutions, and Episodes 142 Chapter 7 The Republican Dictatorship: an Imperia lPerspective 144 Chapter 8 Spectacle Entertainments in the Late Republican Books of Cassius Dio’s Roman History 171 Chapter 9 Cassius Dio’s Catiline: “A Name Greater Than His Deeds Deserved” 189 Chapter 10 Dio and the Voice of the Sibyl 210 Part 3 Civil War and the Victory of Augustus 228 Chapter 11 Responding to Civil War: M. Claudius Marcellus Aeserninus and M. Caelius Rufus in Cassius Dio, Book 42 230 Chapter 12 Cassius Dio on Sextus Pompeius and Late Republican Civil War 249 Chapter 13 Like Father Like Son: the Differences in How Dio Tells the Story of Julius Caesar and His More Successful Son 272 Chapter 14 Towards the Conceptualization of Cassius Dio’s Narration of the Early Career of Octavian 295 Index 312 "La historia romana de Cassius Dio es una fuente esencial, pero aún infravalorada, para los historiadores modernos de la República Romana tardía. Los documentos de este volumen muestran cómo se puede utilizar su relato para obtener nuevas perspectivas sobre temas como la memoria del conspirador Catiline, los debates sobre el liderazgo en Roma y la naturaleza de la formación de alianzas en la guerra civil. Los colaboradores también establecen a Dio como plenamente al mando de su narrativa, adaptándola a sus propios intereses como senador, como teórico político y, sobre todo, como historiador. El uso sofisticado de la cronología, la manipulación de la forma analítica y el compromiso con Tucídides son sólo algunas de las formas en que Dio se compromete con la rica tradición de la historiografía grecorromana para avanzar en sus propias interpretaciones. Los contribuyentes son: Christopher Baron, Estelle Bertrand, Christopher Burden-Strevens, Jesper Carlsen, Marianne Coudry, Carsten Hjort Lange, Mads Ortving Lindholmer, Jesper Majbom Madsen, Konstantin V. Markov, Josiah Osgood, Andrew G. Scott, Gianpaolo Urso, Kathryn Welch."