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Emperors and Usurpers An Historical Commentary on Cassius Dio's Roman History

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ISBN-10: 0190879599

ISBN-13: 9780190879594

Edition: 2018

Authors: Andrew G. Scott

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Emperors and Usurpers offers an historical commentary examining books 79(78)-80(80) of Cassius Dio's Roman History, covering the death of Caracalla in 217 C.E. to the reign of Severus Alexander and Cassius Dio's retirement from political life in 229 C.E. Cassius Dio, a Roman Senator, provides a valuable eyewitness account of this turbulent period, marked by the assassination of Caracalla, the rise of Macrinus, Rome's first equestrian emperor, and his subsequent overthrow, the tempestuous, and by all accounts peculiar, reign of Elagabalus, and the continuation of the Severan dynasty under the young Severus Alexander. This study assesses Cassius Dio's political life and its relationship to…    
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Book details

List price: $150.00
Copyright year: 2018
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 5/22/2018
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 214
Size: 9.29" wide x 6.18" long x 0.90" tall
Weight: 0.946
Language: English