Auteur: Andrews, Graham
Titre: Wizards and sorcerers: Cassius Dio on Caracalla and Cicero
Revue/Collection: in Jesper Majbom Madsen & Carsten Hjort Lange (éd.), Cassius Dio the Historian: Methods and Approaches, Leiden – Boston, Brill, 2021, XIII-464 p.
Annèe edition: 2021
Pages: 292-312
Mots-clès: Héritage - Fortuna - Legacy, Histoire - Storia - History, Religion - Religione - Religion
Description: This chapter analyses Cassius Dio’s representation of Caracalla through the lens of accusations of magic and superstition, comparing Dio’s narrative strategies with earlier Roman discourses on political deviance. Cicero is examined as a moral and rhetorical counterpoint, particularly with regard to elite norms of rationality and religious practice, showing how Dio mobilises Ciceronian paradigms to frame imperial excess. [PhR]
Sigle auteur: Andrews 2021
Titre: Wizards and sorcerers: Cassius Dio on Caracalla and Cicero
Revue/Collection: in Jesper Majbom Madsen & Carsten Hjort Lange (éd.), Cassius Dio the Historian: Methods and Approaches, Leiden – Boston, Brill, 2021, XIII-464 p.
Annèe edition: 2021
Pages: 292-312
Mots-clès: Héritage - Fortuna - Legacy, Histoire - Storia - History, Religion - Religione - Religion
Description: This chapter analyses Cassius Dio’s representation of Caracalla through the lens of accusations of magic and superstition, comparing Dio’s narrative strategies with earlier Roman discourses on political deviance. Cicero is examined as a moral and rhetorical counterpoint, particularly with regard to elite norms of rationality and religious practice, showing how Dio mobilises Ciceronian paradigms to frame imperial excess. [PhR]
Sigle auteur: Andrews 2021
