Bøger af Cassius Cocceianus Dio

Dio Cassius (Cassius Dio), c. 150-235 CE, was born in Bithynia. Little of his Roman History survives, but missing portions are partly supplied from elsewhere and there are many excerpts. Dio's work is a vital source for the last years of the Roman republic and the first four Roman emperors.

Dio Cassius' Roman History contains the fullest surviving account of the reign of Augustus. This edition of Books 53-55 covers the years 28-5 BC and includes Dio's extended discussion of the constitutional settlement of 27 BC and the imperial system it inaugurated. Ancient Greek text with facing translation, introduction and commentary.