Institute for the Classical Tradition
ANRW II.34.3, pp. 2497-2523
 
Cassius Dio and the History of the Late Roman Republic
by Andrew W. Lintott, Oxford

Contents

I. Introduction

2497

II. Dio's Approach to Historiography

2498

III. Structure

2503

IV. The Reliability of Dio's Chronology

2508

V. Dio's Factual Accuracy

2512

VI. Bias and Misinterpretation of Republican Politics

2514

VII. Conclusion - Sources and Method

2519
Appendix A: Further Examples of Suspect Chronology 2521
Appendix B: Suspect Explanations of Technicalities 2522
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