Cassius Dio, human nature and the late Roman Republic

This thesis builds on recent scholarship on Dio’s φύσις model to argue that Dio’s view of the fall of the Republic can be explained in terms of his interest in the relationship between human nature and political constitution. Chapter One examines Dio’s thinking on Classical debates surrounding the i...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Rees, William J.
Other Authors: Pelling, Christopher : Clark, Anna
Published: University of Oxford 2011
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.567914