03951nam 22007094 450 991095390310332120251215110027.00-19-770432-81-280-53421-40-19-534714-51-4237-2084-91-4337-0090-510.1093/oso/9780195167740.001.0001(CKB)1000000000245518(EBL)279823(OCoLC)171560396(SSID)ssj0000107618(PQKBManifestationID)11138521(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000107618(PQKBWorkID)10016970(PQKB)11778685(Au-PeEL)EBL4702690(CaPaEBR)ebr11273705(OCoLC)61342089(OCoLC)1406786973(StDuBDS)9780197704325(MiAaPQ)EBC4702690(MiAaPQ)EBC279823(EXLCZ)99100000000024551820030428e20232004 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe Augustan succession an historical commentary on Cassius Dio's Roman history, Books 55-56 (9 B.C.-A.D. 14) /Peter Michael SwanOxford :Oxford University Press,2023.1 online resource (449 p.)American classical studies ;no. 47Oxford scholarship onlinePreviously issued in print: 2004.0-19-516774-0 Includes bibliographical references (pages [387]-400) and index.Contents; Notes for the Reader; Maps; 1. The Northern Frontiers; 2. Augustan Rome; 3. The East under Augustus; 4. Italy; 5. The Provinces in Dio's Time; 6. Rebellion in Illyricum A.D. 6-9; Introduction; 1. Chronology of Dio's Life, Career, and Writings; 2. How Dio Portrays Himself; 3. Dio's View of History; 4. Dio on Augustus' Place in Roman History; 5. How Dio Composed His Account of Augustus' Reign (31 B.C.- A.D. 14); 6. The Text of Books 55-56; Commentary; Book 55: 9 B.C.- A.D. 8; Book 56: A.D. 9-14; Appendixes; 1. How Dio Visualized Trans-Rhenane Germany under Augustus2. Dio on Tiber Floods3. Augustan imperatores; 4. Dio on Distributions of Largesse (congiaria) in Augustan Rome; 5. Dio on Famines; 6. One More Problem in the Fasti Praenestini of 16 January; 7. Suetonius Aug. 34.1-2 and the Dates of Augustus' Marriage Laws; 8. Sources on the War in Dalmatia, A.D. 9; 9. Velleius 2.115.4 on the War in Dalmatia: An Emendation; 10. Sources on the Varian Disaster, A.D. 9; 11. On the Text of Dio 56.21.2-3 (Varian Disaster); 12. Augustus' Last Will: Substitute Heirs; 13. How Much Did Dio Alter the Editio Princeps of His History in Preparing Its Second Edition?14. Dio 55.12.3[sup(a)]-5 (Xiph.-Zon.) on the Value of the Aureus and Denarius15. How the Book Numbers Work in Boissevain's Dio Edition, Vol. 3, Books 61-80; Bibliography and Abbreviations; Index; 1. Disputed or New Readings; 2. Index of Selected Passages; 3. Greek Words; 4. Latin Words; 5. Persons, Places, and InstitutionsThis is an historical commentary on Books 55-56 of Dio's Roman History. These books recount the last half of the reign of the Emperor Augustus, above all his orchestration of the first imperial succession. Addressed to both students and scholars, the new commentary is the first since the eighteenth century to offer full and fresh treatment of this segment of Dio's work.American classical studies ;no. 47.Oxford scholarship online.RomeHistoryAugustus, 30 B.C.-14 A.D937/.07Swan Peter Michael1931-295220DLCDLCDLCUkStDuBDSZStDuBDSZBOOK9910953903103321The Augustan succession4447402UNINA