Cassius Dio's Speeches and the Collapse of the Roman Republic

Burden-Strevens, Christopher

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“…For this theme see especiallyKemezis 2014;Burden-Strevens 2015; forthcoming 2020.34 Urso 2016, 16-19. …”

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Cassius Dio the Historian

Madsen¹,

Lange²

2021

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Villanova) both for extending the invitation to submit a chapter to this volume and for their kind patience. Translations are those of Cary's 1914Cary's -1927 Loeb Classical Library edition, with minor alterations. 1 There is, of course, the brief excursus giving Dio's view of 'democracy' (δημοκρατία) which punctuates the narrative of Caesar's assassination at 44.2, but this is noticeably brief in comparison to the account of the Augustan Settlement which occupies most of Books 52 and 53.

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“…For overviews of Dio's Late Republican speeches, see: Millar 1961;1964;Stekelenburg 1971;Ruiz 1982;Fechner 1986;Lintott 1997; Saylor Rodgers 2008; Fomin 2015;Kemezis 2014;Coudry 2016;Burden-Strevens 2015; forthcoming 2020. …”

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2021

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ARCHIMEDES AT SYRACUSE: TWO NEW WITNESSES TO CASSIUS DIO'S ROMAN HISTORY 15 (TZETZES’ CARMINA ILIACA AND HYPOMNEMA IN S. LVCIAM)

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2023

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Cassius Dio's fragmentary Roman History 15 contains an account of Archimedes’ role in defending Syracuse during the Roman siege of 213–212 b.c., incorporating a legendary tale about a solar reflector Archimedes constructed to burn Roman warships, and including details of his death when the city fell. The textual basis of this famous episode depends on two derivative twelfth-century works: Zonaras’ Epitome of Histories (9.4–5) and Tzetzes’ Chiliades (2.35). After clarifying the present state of enquiry, this paper introduces two new witnesses, overlooked by editors of Dio and extensive scholarship on Archimedes, and assesses their value for reconstructing Dio's text. Comparative analysis of corresponding Dio-derived material in Tzetzes’ Carmina Iliaca and Hypomnema in S. Luciam, especially verbal correspondences with Zonaras’ Epitome, demonstrates that they are independent and, sometimes, superior witnesses to Dio's wording and content, reflecting Tzetzes’ selective use of the Roman History in different verse and prose compositions over several decades. The study considers editorial implications for this section of Dio's work and general characteristics of Tzetzes’ writings as repositories of testimonia and fragments.

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2021

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Cassius Dio's Speeches and the Collapse of the Roman Republic

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Cassius Dio the Historian

Cassius Dio the Historian

ARCHIMEDES AT SYRACUSE: TWO NEW WITNESSES TO CASSIUS DIO'S ROMAN HISTORY 15 (TZETZES’ CARMINA ILIACA AND HYPOMNEMA IN S. LVCIAM)

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