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Title Cassius Dio the impact of violence, war, and civil war / edited by Carsten H. Lange, Andrew G. Scott
Published Boston : BRILL, 2020

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Description 1 online resource (370 p.)
Series Historiography of Rome and Its Empire ; volume 8
Historiography of Rome and its empire ; v. 8.
Summary Cassius Dio: The Impact of Violence, War, and Civil War' is part of a renewed interest in the Roman historian Cassius Dio. This volume focuses on Dio's approaches to foreign war and stasis as well as civil war. The impact of war on Rome as well as on the history of Rome has long be recognised by scholars, and adding to that, recent years have seen an increasing interest in the impact of civil war on Roman society. Dio's views on violence, war, and civil war are an inter-related part of his overall project, which sought to understand Roman history on its own historical and historiographical terms and within a long-range view of the Roman past that investigated the realities of power
Notes Description based upon print version of record
Subject Cassius Dio Cocceianus.
SUBJECT Cassius Dio Cocceianus fast
Subject War.
Civil war.
Violence -- Rome
wars.
armed conflicts.
civil wars.
Civil war
Historiography
Violence
War
SUBJECT Rome -- Historiography
Subject Rome (Empire)
Form Electronic book
Author Lange, Carsten Hjort.
Scott, Andrew G.
ISBN 9004434437
9789004434431