The book indices in the manuscripts of cassius dio

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Abstract

At some point before the late fifth century a.d. an unidentified writer compiled and affixed to each book of Dio's Roman History an index, most notably comprising a table of contents and an excerpt of the consular fasti. Of dubious provenance these paratexts have played a peripheral role in the editorial history of the work. Bekker and Dindorf, with somewhat puritanical zeal, removed them from the main text of their editions of the Roman History in the belief that they were not by Dio's hand. Conversely, the stereotyped edition of Dio's history produced under the auspices of Karl Tauchnitz at Leipzig in 1818 provided Latin translations of the indices, but omitted the Greek. Dio's more recent editors have restored them to their editions of the Roman History, despite questions over their origins.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)705-723
Number of pages19
JournalClassical Quarterly
Volume66
Issue number2
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Dec 2016
Externally publishedYes

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