{"product_id":"roman-history-volume-vi","title":"Roman History, Volume VI","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA sweeping chronicle from Aeneas to Alexander Severus.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDio Cassius (Cassius Dio), circa AD 150–235,  was born at Nicaea in Bithynia in Asia Minor. On the death of his father  (Roman governor of Cilicia) he went in 180 to Rome, entered the Senate,  and under the emperor Commodus was an advocate. He held high offices,  becoming a close friend of several emperors; he 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Of 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 (AD 222–235), we possess Books 36–60 (36 and 55–60  have gaps), which cover the years 68 BC–AD 47. The missing portions are  partly supplied, for the earlier gaps by Zonaras, who relies closely on  Dio, and for some later gaps (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 industry make him  a very vital source for Roman history of the last years of the republic  and the first four emperors.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The Loeb Classical Library edition of Dio Cassius is in nine volumes.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harvard University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54254405615960,"sku":"9780674990920","price":31.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9780674990920_14f9e298-e3e3-4102-b9be-de954523b5d6.jpg?v=1778547642","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/roman-history-volume-vi","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}