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The Fall of Cassius Dio’s Roman Republic

Published:2019-11-01 Issue:2 Volume:101 Page:473-504
ISSN:2192-7669
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Author:

Lindholmer Mads Ortving

Abstract

Summary This article reinterprets Dio’s view of the fall of the Republic by arguing that Dio viewed institutional political competition, rather than ambitious individuals, as the central destructive driving force in the Late Republic. Dio’s interpretation is hereby unique among ancient historiography. This interpretation has been skilfully interwoven in the general narrative and only by reading Book 39 as a whole, does the interpretation emerge. According to Dio, institutional competition became inherently destructive in the Late Republic and Book 39 is absolutely fundamental in understanding this transformation and the consequent failure of the Roman δημοκρατία.

Publisher

Walter de Gruyter GmbH

Subject

History,Classics

Link

https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/klio-2019-0039/pdf

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