Cassius Dio: The Fall of the Roman Republic

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Cassius Dio: The Fall of the Roman RepublicOxford World's Classics Books 36 40 of the Roman History by Cassius Dio (born ca. 163 CE), covers 69 50 BCE, the last twenty years before the Roman Republic collapsed in a long series of civil wars, leading to the monarchy of the emperors. Although Dio's history was written over 250 years later, it provides the fullest surviving account of this crucial period in Roman history and is a key source of information on many of the chief developments. Dio

values and achievements of Athenian life

foretelling the future

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the main inspiration for Shakespeare's The Comedy of Errors

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Carefully examined sources and placing events within their geographical and historical contexts