{"product_id":"roman-history-volume-ii-by-dio-cassius-9780674990418","title":"Roman History, Volume II","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDio Cassius (Cassius Dio), ca. 150–235 CE, was born at Nicaea in Bithynia in Asia Minor. Upon the death of his father, the Roman governor of Cilicia, he went to Rome in 180 CE, entered the Senate, and served as an advocate under Emperor Commodus. He held high offices, becoming a close friend of several emperors. Dio was made governor of Pergamum and Smyrna, consul in 220, proconsul of Africa, governor of Dalmatia, and then of Pannonia, and consul again in 229.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOf the eighty books of Dio's great work, \u003ci\u003eRoman History\u003c\/i\u003e, covering the era from the legendary landing of Aeneas in Italy to the reign of Alexander Severus (222–235 CE), we possess Books 36–60 (with Books 36 and 55–60 having gaps), which cover the years 68 BCE–47 CE. The missing portions are partly supplied for earlier gaps by Zonaras, who relies closely on Dio, and for some later gaps (from Book 35 onwards) by John Xiphilinus of the eleventh century. There are also many excerpts. The facilities for research afforded by Dio's official duties and his own industriousness make him a very vital source for Roman history of the last years of the republic and the first four emperors.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe Loeb Classical Library edition of Dio Cassius is in nine volumes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48147726729452,"sku":"9780674990418","price":94.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780674990418-roman-history-volume-ii.jpg?v=1786451355","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/roman-history-volume-ii-by-dio-cassius-9780674990418","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}