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Title: Dio's Rome, Volume V., Books 61-76 (A.D. 54-211)
An Historical Narrative Originally Composed In Greek During
The Reigns Of Septimius Severus, Geta And Caracalla, Macrinus,
Elagabalus And Alexander Severus: And Now Presented In English
Form By Herbert Baldwin Foster

Author: Cassius Dio

Release Date: January 31, 2004 [EBook #10890]

Language: English

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DIO'S ROME

AN
HISTORICAL NARRATIVE
ORIGINALLY COMPOSED IN GREEK
DURING THE REIGNS OF
SEPTIMIUS SEVERUS, GETA
AND CARACALLA, MACRINUS,
ELAGABALUS AND ALEXANDER SEVERUS:
AND
NOW PRESENTED IN ENGLISH FORM
BY
HERBERT BALDWIN FOSTER,
A.B. (Harvard), Ph.D. (Johns Hopkins),
Acting Professor of Greek in Lehigh University

_FIFTH VOLUME: Extant Books 61-76 (A.D. 54-211)._

1906

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VOLUME CONTENTS

* * * * *

Book Sixty-one

Book Sixty-two

Book Sixty-three

Book Sixty-four

Book Sixty-five

Book Sixty-six

Book Sixty-seven

Book Sixty-eight

Book Sixty-nine

Book Seventy

Book Seventy-one

Book Seventy-two

Book Seventy-three

Book Seventy-four

Book Seventy-five

Book Seventy-six

Book Seventy-seven

DIO'S ROMAN HISTORY
61

Nero seizes the sovereignty (chapters 1, 2).

At the beginning he is accustomed to yield to the influence of his mother,
whom Seneca and Burrus thrust aside from control of affairs (chapter 3).

Nero's exhibitions of wantonness and his extravagance: the death of
Silanus (chapters 4-6).

Love for Acte: Britannicus slain: discord with Agrippina (chapters 7, 8).

How Nero's mind began to give way (chapter 9).

About the faults and immoralities of the philosopher