C. T. Mallan is a Senior Lecturer in Classics and Ancient History at the University of Western Australia. He was educated at the University of Oxford and the University of Queensland and has held academic posts in both the UK and Australia. His academic work focuses on Roman imperial history and historiography.

• List of Tables


• Abbreviations


• Introduction


• I. Cassius Dio: The Senatorial Historian


• II. The Roman Historian at Work: The Reign of Tiberius


• II.i. Sources for the Reign of Tiberius


• II.ii. Method of Composition


• II.iii. The Shaping of the Material and the Personality of the Historian


• II.iv. Conclusions


• III. The Transmission of the Text of the Roman History


• III.i. Notes on the Texts and Translations in this Commentary


• Translation of Book 57 of Cassius Dio's Roman History


• Translation of Book 58 of Cassius Dio's Roman History


• Commentary on Book 57 of Cassius Dio's Roman History


• Commentary on Book 58 of Cassius Dio's Roman History


• Appendices


• I. Dio's Literary Career


• II. Dio and the Chronology of August-October, AD 14


• III. Senatorial Business in September, AD 14


• IV. The Family of Tiberius


• Bibliography


• Index of Names


• General Index

Books 57 and 58 of Cassius Dio's Roman History comprise one of the most important accounts of the reign of the emperor Tiberius (AD 14-37) to have survived from antiquity. This volume provides a new translation and commentary on these books alongside a general introduction offering an overview of Cassius Dio's approach to history.