The Intellectual Climate of Cassius Dio: Greek and Roman Pasts - Couverture rigide

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 9004510486 ISBN 13 : 9789004510487

Editeur : Brill, 2022

Synopsis

This volume addresses the intellectual and political contexts that produced Cassius Dio's (c. 160–c. 230 CE) massive and indispensable synthesis of Roman history. Contributors examine the literary influences, cultural identity and political ideologies of this much read but enigmatic author.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Adam Kemezis, Ph.D. (2006) is Associate Professor in the Department of History, Classics and Religion at the University of Alberta. He is the author of Greek Narratives of the Roman Empire under the Severans: Cassius Dio, Philostratus and Herodian (Cambridge, 2014) and a number of articles on Dio and other authors and topics in Imperial Roman historiography and literature. Colin Bailey, Ph.D. (2006) is Associate Professor of Classics at MacEwan University. He has published papers on Dio Chrysostom, Plutarch of Chaeronea, and Roman Republican history. His research interests focus on early imperial Greek literature and interactions between Greece and Rome. Beatrice Poletti, Ph.D. (2018) is Adjunct Assistant Professor of Classics at Queen’s University. She has written several papers on Dionysius of Halicarnassus and Augustan historiography and religion. Her interests include historiography of Rome, Augustan literature, and Roman religion.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Brill
• Date d'édition: 2022
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 9004510486
• ISBN 13: 9789004510487
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 524
• Éditeur: Kemezis Adam, Bailey Colin, Poletti Beatrice
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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