He collaborated with ian scottkilvert on cassius dio s the roman history 1987 for penguin classics, and other published work includes a history of augustus rise to power, the battle of actium 1970, and editions of suetonius life of augustus, divis augustus 1982, and of julius caesar. Octavian, to be known henceforth as augustus, officially becomes the sole ruler of. Cassius dio cocceianus, historiae romanae, book 73. Little of his roman history survives, but missing portions are partly supplied from. He held high offices, becoming a close friend of several emperors. Dio sees as an integral, if corrupt, part of human nature but believes that.
Cassius dio, human nature and the late roman republic oxford. Chronicle of the roman emperors is the first book to focus on the succession of rulers of imperial rome, using timelines and other visual aids throughout. Furthermore, the very magnitude of the empire and the multitude of things that occur render accuracy in regard to them most difficult. John carter retired from a senior lectureship at royal holloway college, university of london, in 1992. Roman history, volume iii dio cassius harvard university press. Emperor and empire in the works of greekspeaking authors of the third century ad. Dio cassius, also spelled dion cassius or in byzantine sources dio cocceianus, in full lucius cassius dio, born c.
This selection from cassius dios roman history gives the fullest description of that long. He published 80 volumes of history on ancient rome, beginning with the arrival of aeneas in italy. Now no one need be in any doubt as to who built the colosseum or when rome was sacked by the goths. The campaigns of alexander classics book 253 english edition.