Cassius Dio: A Little-Known Historian.
The Beautiful Letters| N° d'inventaire | 30375 |
| Format | 12.5 x 19 |
| Détails | 212 p., paperback. |
| Publication | Paris, 2024 |
| Etat | Nine |
| ISBN | 9782251455204 |
Written by one of the best current specialists, this work in a lively style presents the life of a major historian of ancient Rome and the originality of his work. Dio Cassius, an aristocrat from Asia Minor, became a high official in Rome and advisor to one of the emperors of the Severan dynasty, at the beginning of the 3rd century century AD, then returned to his homeland to write, in Greek, a monumental history of Rome, from its origins to its own time.
Of the eighty books that composed it, only a part is preserved in its entirety, but the fragments that have come down to us are sufficient to assess the scope and interest of his project. For it is not only an unfolding of the history of Rome that he proposes, but an ambitious analysis of the major phases of its history, considered from the perspective of institutions, describing its successive political regimes and the behavior of its leaders.
Her Roman history is a work underpinned from start to finish by an explicit common thread: the idea that only a monarchy, exercised with moderation, is capable of maintaining internal peace and the global domination of Rome. This coherence of Dio's thought, accompanied by the precision of the information he provides and the pleasantness of the form, make him a valuable historian whom it is time to get to know better.
Written by one of the best current specialists, this work in a lively style presents the life of a major historian of ancient Rome and the originality of his work. Dio Cassius, an aristocrat from Asia Minor, became a high official in Rome and advisor to one of the emperors of the Severan dynasty, at the beginning of the 3rd century century AD, then returned to his homeland to write, in Greek, a monumental history of Rome, from its origins to its own time.
Of the eighty books that composed it, only a part is preserved in its entirety, but the fragments that have come down to us are sufficient to assess the scope and interest of his project. For it is not only an unfolding of the history of Rome that he proposes, but an ambitious analysis of the major phases of its history, considered from the perspective of institutions, describing its successive political regimes and the behavior of its leaders.
Her Roman history is a work underpinned from start to finish by an explicit common thread: the idea that only a monarchy, exercised with moderation, is capable of maintaining internal peace and the global domination of Rome. This coherence of Dio's thought, accompanied by the precision of the information he provides and the pleasantness of the form, make him a valuable historian whom it is time to get to know better.