Cassius Dio

When one utters the phrase, "Beware the Ides of March", individuals are often reminded of William Shakespeare 's play; most notably, an assassination story that occurred when Roman senators wanted to prevent Rome from falling into a tyranny under the rule of Julius Caesar. However, the narrative behind the charismatic ruler 's death is far more complex and cannot be simply attributed to the desire to return to the old regime. Scholars have linked Caesar 's downfall to issues such as the need for

to read and see letters to his friends about Nero’s wealth and incapability to rule. Cicero would have been enraged with him about the Great Fire of Rome just as Pliny, Suetonius, and Dio Cassius were. According to one article by Keresztes, “Of the earliest surviving sources, Pliny the Elder, Suetonius and Dio Cassius all,

A Comparison between Cassius Dio Roman History and the Gladiator Roman history is known for its many battles and bloodshed along with many people gaining power of the empire. While Rome went through a period of many emperors throughout its history, the time frame of the movie Gladiator and in Cassius Dio’s Roman History are represented around the later Roman Empire. Rome had a period of emperors known as the Five Good Emperors. Both the text and movie describe the rein of the last of these emperors

Blood soaked into the sand baking beneath the inferno of the roman sun, while a pack of dogs ripped furiously into a man’s unarmored body. Up to fifty-thousand people where wildly cheering as their extreme thirst for violence was quenched by the bloodshed before them. Many spectacles could be caught at the great coliseum of Rome: Exotic animal fights where rhinos faced off against lions, reenactments of epic naval battles where the entire arena was flooded, and gladiatorial hand to hand combat which

Boudicca was the Queen of the Iceni tribe and was married to the King of the Iceni, Prasutagus. The Iceni were a tribe of Britons and their territory was in the east of England. No one really knew what Boudicca looked like but Cassius Dio, a Roman historian, said that 'She was huge and frightening to look at with a mass of ginger hair that hung to her knees. Her voice was as harsh as her looks she dressed in a multi-coloured tunic with a thick cloak fastened by a brooch

literary evidence however, can present difficulties. During an earlier study of ‘Reputations’ in Book 1 of this course some single trusted sources could not be cross referenced. These included examples of work from Horace, Plutarch (AD46-AD120) and Cassius Dio (AD155-AD235) where the motivations of some of its production did raise a suspicion of propaganda. This itself is of course one sided and not always a full, accurate picture of true encounters and events. An example of this appears in three different

Workshop 1 Octavian, Anthony and Cleopatra: Propaganda and the ‘Myth of Actium' The creation and subsequent sustaining of the ‘Myth of Actium' is one of the greatest examples of the use of mass propaganda in the ancient world. While scholars such as Murray question the impact that the re-instigation of games at Nikopolis and the extension of the temple of Apollo at Actium would have on the political situation in Rome, its emergence, however, seems to have occurred around 20 BC, a time at which

Introduction: This essay's focus is on how Cleopatra and the threat she posed to Rome are described by contrasting and comparing the writings of historian Cassius Dio and poet Horace. The passages centre on the hostilities between Cleopatra and Rome, Octavian and Cleopatra's suicide. Subsequently written many years after the events, therefore their validity cannot be verified as true and accurate. Commentary will be on how both extracts bolster and support, for the most part, the contemporary unfavourable

Greek-born consul Cassius Dio denotes her imperious nature, stating Agrippina “was leaving no stone unturned in order to make Nero popular with the masses” (Dio 1914, p. 28). Dio was an eminent historian considered to represent the dominant view of later upper-class Roman society. Yet, reliability is questionable as derogatory language choices make

Caligula’s universal condemnation has been seen throughout the writings of ancient historians over time, due to his evil representation and ‘monster’ like behaviour. The impact Caligula had over Rome is not remembered for the better, for his legacy shows the impact that he left behind was the horror and twisted ways of his reign. However he did have little impact that remains beneficial to Rome, for the first six months of his reign was nothing compared to how he left it. Firstly Caligula was considered