Rebellion and Reconstruction : Galba to Domitian - An Historical Commentary on Cassius Dio s Roman History. Volume 9,

Zusatztext This is a substantial and generally very competent work, which is well designed for its purpose, making the text of the relevant books of Dio's Roman History intelligible for (primarily) English-language readers. Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung 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.

Product details

• Authors: Charles L. Murison, Charles Leslie Murison
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.05.1999
• EAN: 9780788505478
• ISBN: 978-0-7885-0547-8
• No. of pages: 320
• Series: American Philological Association Philological Monographs; Society for Classical Studies Philological Monographs; American Philological Association Philological Monographs
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies