Index
Afranius, L.
65–66, 177, 201–202
Agrippa-Maecenas Debate (52.2–40)
19, 35–53, 182n.11, 197n.21, 207–209, 220–223, 268–272, 295–300, 313–315
Agrippa, M. Vipsanius
On the Republic (52.2–13)
15, 40–45, 99, 124–125, 186, 220–221, 268–269, 295–297
Public services of
211–214, 221, 225, 243, 310
Agrippa, Menenius
On the plebeian secession (frg. 16.10–11)
34n.125, 94, 122, 159–160
Alba Longa
51, 228–229, 297
Albinus, Sp. Postumius
161
Ambassadors
Speech to the Senate (frg. 12.4–5b)
95–97, 100, 157–159, 166
Ambustus, M. Fabius
216, 219, 229
Annalistic historiography
137, 141, 141n.289, 192n.1
Antonius, M.
Published response to Cicero
90
Speeches of
At Actium (50.16–22)
126
Funeral oration for Caesar
(44.36–49) 7–9, 205–206, 231, 237–242, 314
Appian
16, 100, 101, 102, 105–106, 170, 172–173, 191n.148, 196, 242, 251, 256–258, 286–287, 294
Aristotle
116, 120, 133
Arrian
76
Asinius Pollio
89, 92, 105
Asprenas, L. Nonius
187
Attic see Hellenism
Augustus
At Perusia
191n.148
Dio’s attitude toward
178n.94, 182, 190–191, 306ff.
Res Gestae
30, 94–95, 108–111, 179, 184, 205, 300, 308–310
Speeches of
Dialogue with Livia (54.14–21)
127, 184, 187–190, 226–227
On marriage and procreation (56.2–9)
37n.5, 69–70, 146, 184
Recusatio imperii (53.3–10)
108–111, 126, 177–182, 210f., 224–225, 272–273, 312–313
Success, causes of
50–52, 99, 127, 150, 182, 185–191, 208–214, 225–227, 243–247, 270–275, 297–300, 308ff.
Auaritia
17
Bibulus, M. Calpurnius
250, 286, 305
Boudicca
On the emperor Nero (62.3–6)
184
Britain see Caesar, C. Julius
Brutus, D. Junius
139, 308
Brutus, L. Junius
On foundation of Republic (frg. 12)
20, 69, 95–100, 108, 127, 131, 142, 157–159, 162, 181, 191, 313–314
Caecus, Ap. Claudius
2, 4, 5, 34n.127
Caepio, Q. Servilius
217
Caesar, C. Julius
In Britain
205, 236–237, 241–242, 263
In Gaul
100–102, 172, 233–236, 240–241, 254, 264–265
In Lusitania
171, 232–233, 238–240, 253, 263
Monarchy of
51, 202–203, 289–290, 297
Speeches of
Harangue at Vesontio (38.36–46)
12–13, 94, 100–104, 146, 171–174, 204–205, 219, 235n.144, 240, 265–267, 302
To mutineers at Placentia (41.27–34)
105–107, 125–126, 237
To mutineers at Rome (42.52–54)
105–107
To Senate (43.15–18)
174–177, 288–290
Caesar, L. Julius
137, 177
Calatinus, A. Atilius
283–284
Calenus, Q. Fufius
Invective against Cicero (46.1–28)
89–92
Caligula (Gaius)
185, 315
Camillus, M. Furius
282
Caracalla (Antoninus)
23–24, 28–29, 36, 142, 184
Carthage
14, 17, 19, 20, 33, 86, 160, 162, 193, 218, 223, 226, 235, 236, 256
Debate concerning (Zonar. 9.30.7–8)
163–164, 267
Cassius Apronianus
23
Cassius Clemens
To Septimius Severus (75[74].9)
184
Cassius Dio
Roman History
Life and career of
21–31, 54
Political and philosophical views of
17–18, 27–31, 41, 47, 121–131, 214ff., 250ff., passim
Working methods of
25, 36–148, 183–185
Cassius Longinus, C.
139, 308
Cato Censorius, M. Porcius
163–164, 267
Cato Uticensis, M. Porcius
15–16, 43, 224, 229, 233, 237, 239–240, 286–287, 304–305
Catulus, Q. Lutatius Maior
285
Catulus, Q. Lutatius Minor
Against the lex Gabinia (36.31–36a)
15, 43, 44, 63–69, 85–88, 130, 210–211, 218–219, 259–264, 282–286
Cestius Pius, L.
72
Cicero, M. Tullius
As rhetorical model
30, 72–93
Dio’s attitude towards
55–56, 72, 144
Speeches of
Dialogue with Philiscus (38.18–29)
53–60, 69, 146
Invective against Antonius (45.18–47)
59, 79–84, 91–92, 146, 185–186
On the Amnesty (44.23–33)
6–9, 15, 159, 202–204, 228, 231, 237, 242, 252, 290–293
Cincinnatus, L. Quinctius
281
Cineas
Dialogue with Milo (frg. 40.31)
3
Proposals to the Senate (Zonar. 8.4.9–12)
1–2
Cinna, L. Cornelius
78, 188, 204, 260
Cinna, C. Helvius
242
Cinna Magnus, Cn. Cornelius
187f., 226
Cities (Greek)
Maecenas, C. Cilnius
Dio’s attitude toward
24–26
Dio’s travels in
22–23
Ciuilitas
46, 50–52, 71, 108, 182, 209, 211–212, 222, 225, 300, 306, 312
Civil war
Dio’s experience of
21–23
Republican, causes of
000
Claudius
32, 76, 184
Clementia
110, 177, 184, 187–191, 227n.111, 310
Clodius Pulcher, P.
43, 53–57, 60, 90–91, 135, 140, 222
Comitia see Elections
Commodus
21, 184
Competition, political
35, 40, 42n.17, 44, 46, 122, 124, 147, 180, 192n.1, 195, 197–200, 204, 210, 214, 243–245, 250, 257–258, 270, 274, 295
Coriolanus, C. Marcius
127–129, 131
Cossus Arvina, A. Cornelius
281
Crassus, M. Licinius
56, 67, 202, 222, 230–231
Cunctator, Q. Fabius Maximus
282
Cursor, L. Papirius
16, 281–282
Curtius, M.
Self-sacrifice (frg. 30.2–4)
37n.5, 69–70, 146, 161
Demosthenes
26, 30, 90, 92, 149, 150, 191, 261, 261n.45
Dictatorship
18, 275–300
In other authors
277–281
Origins of
275, 279–282, 284–285
Diodorus of Sicily
10–11, 12n.192, 14, 34n.128, 134
Dionysius of Halicarnassus
5, 14, 30–31, 93–94, 95–98, 157–158, 160n.38, 278f., 294
Dolabella, P. Cornelius
242
Drusus, M. Livius
217, 223
Dynasteia
107, 129, 165, 168, 170, 176–177, 179, 181, 199, 219, 228, 242, 252, 257, 262, 265, 269, 279, 284, 288, 297, 300
Education see Hellenism, Progymnasmata, Rhetoric
Elagabalus
23
Elections
54, 65–66, 141n.289, 209, 233, 243–245, 248, 270–271, 286–287, 306
Empire see Roman Republic, The
Epimythia see Fabula
Epithumia (ἐπιθυµία)
101, 167, 171, 195, 227–247, 254
Equality, republican
17, 35, 41–42, 121–126, 131, 147, 185n.118, 197–200, 203–204, 206, 208, 214, 217–218, 244
Excerpta Constantiniana
32–33
Exempla
M. Aemilius Scaurus
308–309
Q. Caecilius Metellus Creticus
269
L. Cornelius Cinna
78, 204
P. Cornelius Scipio Africanus
295–296
L. Cornelius Sulla
44, 63, 176, 204, 259–260, 269, 283–285, 288–289, 292, 308–309
M. Furius Camillus
295
C. Julius Caesar
44, 204, 208, 269, 295–296, 309
C. Marius
44, 63, 86, 100, 103, 176, 204, 259–260, 269, 288–289, 292, 309
Cn. Pompeius Magnus
44, 49, 204, 269, 309
C. Pompeius Strabo
204
Pyrrhus of Epirus
104, 235–236
Q. Sertorius
44
C. Sosius
308–309
Fabricius Luscinus, C.
Response to Pyrrhus (frg. 40.33–38)
3–5, 159, 161, 208, 216, 219, 236
Fabula
Defined
131–134
Narrative structuring device
134–143
Faustus, L. Memmius
177
Fortune
Mutability of
35, 42, 53, 65, 67–68, 98–99, 121, 127–131, 137–143, 165, 192–195, 217, 228, 288, 310–311
Fulvia
60
Gabinius, A.
On the lex Gabinia (36.27–28)
43, 62–63, 73–76, 169–170, 201
Galba, S. Sulpicius
274
Gallus, C. Cornelius
43, 274
Gaul see Caesar, C. Julius
Geminus, Cn. Servilius
281
Glabrio, M’. Acilius
135
Gracchi, The
67, 127, 129–131, 138, 140, 147, 196, 200, 215–217, 222, 223, 249, 251, 257, 303, 305, 306
Hadrian
On the adoption of Antoninus Pius (69.20.2–5)
184
Hannibal
34n.126, 192–193, 282
Hellenism
23–25, 28–30, 54, 57–58, 68, 92–93, 120, 163–164, 197, 261
Herodotus
22n.81, 112n.192, 118, 134, 197
Hesiod
246
Hortensius Hortalus, Q.
61n.83, 85, 88, 89, 146
Human nature
17–18, 20, 42, 63, 112–144, 193–200, 207, 214–215, 223, 227–229, 237, 243, 246, 259, 274
Hybrida, C. Antonius
55, 231, 231,
Imperia extraordinaria
18, 20, 44, 60–69, 85–88, 93, 98, 218f., 248, 252–275, 279, 282, 284, 294, 301ff.
Imperii consuetudo
20, 48, 63–64, 253–277, 295, 302, 315
Invectiva in Ciceronem
90
Isomoiria (ἰσοµοιρία) see Equality
Isonomia (ἰσονοµία) see Equality
Julia Domna
28, 142–143, 227n.110
Julianus, M. Didius
21–22, 30 142
Julius Proculus
On Romulus’ disappearance (frg. 6.1aa)
152–154
Land reform see Laws
Laws
leges agrariae
54, 301–304
lex Antonia
293–294
lex Clodia
56
lex Gabinia
12–13, 18, 44, 60–69, 166–170, 250, 258–264, 282–286, 301
lex Genucia
255
leges Iuliae
70n.106, 305
lex Manilia
61, 72–77, 85, 87, 88, 144
lex Oppia
193
lex Valeria de provocatione
278
lex Vatinia
267, 301
lex Vilia annalis
255–256, 259
Legati
Of Pompeius
65–66, 218f., 222, 262
Lepidus, M. Aemilius
6, 138, 243
Libertas
16, 20, 209f., 245n.172, 248, 262, 265, 271, 277, 278, 284, 293, 296, 297, 302, 305
Lipari, Battle of
216
Livia
Dialogue with Augustus (54.14–21)
127, 184, 187–190, 226–227, 310
Dio’s attitude toward
187, 227
Livy
14, 16–17, 20, 30, 93–94, 97, 106–107, 114, 134, 141n.289, 151–156, 160, 192–194, 216, 246, 252, 277–278, 317
Lucian
10–11, 116, 133
Lucullus, L. Licinius
55, 134–137, 144, 230, 237
Lusitania see Caesar, C. Julius
Luxuria
17, 193, 246, 314
Maecenas, C. Cilnius
As wise advisor
186–187, 310
On monarchy (53.14–40)
45–53, 198, 208–209, 221–223, 264–275, 297–300
Recommendations for the poleis
24–26
Macrinus, M. Opellius
23, 26, 142–143
Marcellus, C. Claudius
206, 222
Marcius Rex, Q.
136
Marcus Aurelius
Education of
28, 76n.117
On Avidius Cassius’ rebellion (72[71].24–26)
184
Marius, C.
44, 48, 63, 64, 67, 69, 86, 98, 100, 103, 127, 140, 168, 175n.82, 176, 177n.93, 204, 222, 249, 259–261, 263, 269, 285, 288, 289, 292, 293, 300, 302, 309, 315
Menander
119–120
Messalla Corvinus, M. Valerius
139
Metellus Celer, Q. Caecilius
65–66, 201–202
Metellus Creticus, Q. Caecilius
230, 269
Mettius Fufetius
228–229
Metus hostilis
17, 163–164, 193–194, 246, 256, 314
Carthage, Sallust, Tacitus
Mithridatic Wars, The
134–136, 228, 260–261
Monarchy
Dio’s view of
18, 20, 113, 124, 208–209, 279–281, 312
Moralising
12, 36–38, 112–114, 118–144, 192–247
Octavius, C. see Augustus
Otho
141–142, 195
Otho, L. Roscius
64
Ovid
187
Paideia see Hellenism
Parrhēsia (παρρησία)
55–56, 58–59, 60, 149–150, 185–191, 311–312
Paulinus, M. Lollius
243
Pera, M. Junius
282
Pertinax, P. Helvius
21, 142
Phaedrus
133–134
Pharsalus, Battle of
67–68, 98, 130, 136f., 171, 174, 215, 263–264
Philiscus
Dialogue with Cicero (38.18–29)
53–60, 188
Identity of
53–54
Philostratus, L. Flavius
23, 28n.105, 133
Philotimía (φιλοτιµία)
24, 35, 44, 47, 102, 129, 167, 171–173, 193, 195, 198, 215–227, 230, 234–236, 241, 245–247, 252, 257–258, 302
Phthonos (φθόνος)
35, 47, 53, 66–67, 121, 130, 167, 196–214, 215–217, 224, 226, 230, 245–247, 252, 258, 263, 287, 292, 299, 302
Piso Calpurnianus, M. Pupius
56, 59, 65–66
Plato
16, 53, 58, 149, 223–224, 293
Plautianus, C. Fulvius
143
Pleonexia (πλεονεξία)
82, 107, 128, 195, 199–200, 227–242, 245–247, 296
Plutarch
5, 86, 87, 90, 97, 100–103, 105, 118, 152, 153, 169, 172, 196, 223, 251, 284, 286–287
Polybius
10–11, 35–36, 39, 116–117, 250–251
Pompeius Magnus, Cn.
Demise of
67–68, 98, 130, 136–137, 263
Early career of
62–63, 168
Entry into triumvirate
67, 201–202
On the lex Gabinia (36.25–26)
62, 77–79, 166–169, 201, 258
Pompeius Magnus Pius, S.
139, 308
Primus, M. Antonius
43, 190–191, 274
Progymnasmata
61, 115–119, 132–134, 144–147
Fabula, Sententia
Ptolemy XII Auletes
231
Punic Wars, The
160–161, 192–193, 216, 235–236, 251, 256
Pyrrhus of Epirus
1–5, 104, 159, 208, 219, 235–236
Quintilian
10, 115–116, 119, 291n.148
Recusatio imperii
60, 64, 77–78, 108–111, 126, 146, 152n, 166–170, 175–184, 201, 205, 210–213, 218, 224, 258, 272, 298, 307, 312–313
Regulus, M. Atilius
160
Rhetoric
Ambiguity of
15–16, 20, 27–28, 30, 99, 104f., 151–159, 162–181, 231–242, 313–314
Dio’s training in
21–23, 114–119
In classical historiography
10–14
Power of
2–4, 11, 21–22, 30
Roman History, The
Composition, dates of
21n.78
Criticisms of
12–15, 26, 30, 36–38, 70–71, 73, 92–93, 107, 112
Lost portions of
11–12, 62, 168–169, 249, 260–261
Narrative, sources of
36, 93–95, 251–252
Speeches, sources or models of
9, 36, 70–111, 290–291
Appian, Bellum Ciuile
105–106
Augustus, Res Gestae
108–111
Caesar, de Bello Gallico
100–104
Caesar, de Bello Ciuili
107, 205–206
Cicero, de Imperio Gnaei Pompei
60–62, 72–79, 284
Cicero, Philippicae
79–92
Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Antiquitates Romanae
95–98
Livy, ab Urbe Condita
153, 155–156, 160
Plutarch, Vita Romuli
153
Plutarch, Vita Caesaris
100–101
Transmission of
32–34, 153
Roman Republic
Decline, causes of
14–21, 306ff.
Command structure
18–20, 43–44, 48, 104, 248–305
Dictatorship
18–19, 275–300
Dissensus
35n.131, 217–218, 223–224
Expanse of empire
104, 198–200, 230–242, 244–245, 248–305
Inequalities
300ff.
Moral explanations
17–18, 20, 192–247
see Dynasteia, Epithumia, Imperii consuetudo, Luxuria, Metus hostilis, Philotimia, Phthonos, Pleonexía
Reactionism, conservatism
300–305
Rhetorical culture
9, 15–16, 20, 58–60, 104–108, 149–191, 231–242
Romulus
16–17, 97, 113–114, 122, 152–154, 199–200, 204, 223, 281
Rufus, M. Minucius
282
Rullianus, Q. Fabius
216
Sallust
16–17, 20, 30, 73, 86, 87, 93, 95, 151, 192–195, 231, 246, 284
Saturninus, C. Sentius
243
Scipio Aemilianus, P. Cornelius
Speech on youth (frg. 70.2–3)
18, 162–165, 217, 236, 252, 256–258, 301–302
Scipio Africanus, P. Cornelius
20, 236, 252
Scipio Nasica, P. Cornelius
163–164
Second Sophistic, The see Hellenism
Seneca
30, 187–188
Sententia
Defined
117, 119–120
Dio’s use of
119–131
In other authors
120–121
Septimius Severus
22, 30, 175n.82
Servius Tullius
154–156
Severus Alexander
25
Social War, The
249, 260–261
Sources see Roman History, The
Speeches see Roman History, The
Spurius Maelius
281
Stasis
47, 114, 192n.1, 204, 217, 223, 242–244, 249, 270, 274, 289, 296, 306–307, 311, 313
Suetonius
9n.31, 105–106, 187, 190, 251–254, 277, 307, 315
Sulla Felix, L. Cornelius
Character, transformation of
63, 67, 98, 129–130, 140, 260–261, 310–311
Dictatorship of
137–138, 175, 189, 249, 255, 276ff., 284–286, 292–293
Felicitas of
308–311
Superbus, L. Tarquinius
20, 281
Tacitus
16–17, 20, 32, 76, 105, 110, 181–182, 194–195, 227, 246, 316
Tanaquil
Address to the people (Zonar. 7.9)
154–156
Tarentum
1, 3, 5, 129
Thucydides
11, 16, 26, 30, 35, 39, 54, 60, 73, 92, 116, 118, 120–121, 131, 149, 163, 194–197, 200, 235n.144, 246
Tiberius
Funeral oration for Augustus (56.56.35–41)
20, 98–99, 184–185, 307–315
Titus Lartius
276, 279, 281, 284
Triumvirates, the
67, 126, 138–139, 189, 202, 220, 229, 263, 296–297, 308
Tullus Hostilius
228–229
Tyranny
47, 51, 121, 175–177, 188–189, 275–300
Valerius Maximus
87, 170, 284
Varro, M. Terentius
139
Velleius Paterculus
86, 87, 170, 284
Vettius Affair, The
55
Vindex, C. Julius
274
Vitelliuas
141, 195
Vulso, C. Manlius
193
Xenophon
54, 60, 118, 134
Xiphilinus
184–185
Zonaras
32–34, 156, 160, 163, 256, 282