Table of Contents
Abbreviations
Map
Introduction
I. Cassius Dio's life and career
II. Texts and citations
III. Cassius Dio as historical guide
IV. Time of composition and the nature of Dio's contemporary
history
V. Cassius Dio, Greek annalist
VI. Other sources for the reigns of Macrinus and Elagabalus
VII. Modern scholarship on the reigns of Macrinus and
Elagabalus
Book 79(78): Macrinus
I. The structure of book 79(78) and the chronology of Macrinus'
reign
II. Sources for book 79(78)
III. Commentary
Book 80(79): Elagabalus
I. Overview and structure of book 80(79)
II. Sources for Book 80(79)
III. Assessing Elagabalus' reign
IV. Historical outline
V. Religion
VI. Elagabalus' demise
VII. Commentary
Book 80(80): Severus Alexander
I. Introduction
II. Commentary
Works Cited
Andrew G. Scott is Assistant Professor of Classical Studies at Villanova University.
"This excellent commentary on the last three books of Dio's history brings the reader to a better understanding of the historian's focus, methodology, and the system of personal experience and belief that inform the whole." -- Barbara Saylor Rodgers, The University of Vermont, Bryn Mawr Classical Review
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