Acta Antiqua Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae
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Volume 63: Issue 2-3
“Cassius Dio, A Bithynian ‘exiled’ to Rome?”
Author:
Marie-Laure Freyburger-Galland UMR 7044, ARCHIMEDE, Universitée de Haute Alsace, Mulhouse, France

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Pages:
445–453
Online Publication Date:
14 Mar 2024
Publication Date:
16 May 2024
Article Category:
Research Article
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1556/068.2023.00105
Keywords:
Alexander Severus; Bithynia; Campania; Cassius Dio; consulate; Eastern Roman provinces; homeland; Rome; senate; Septimius Severus
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Abstract

First, we will retrace the life and brilliant career of this Roman senator of Bithynian origins who came from an ancient family of public figures and who had served five or six emperors and been friends with several of them, having been twice appointed to the role of consul.

Then we will consider the nature of his role as Senator coming from an Eastern province and its relationship with Roman power. We will come to see that he represents the perfect example of his theory of the association of provincial élites coming to power, which was developed at length in his work, Roman History, which he produced in Greek for a Greek readership.

Finally, rather paradoxically, we will consider how he sees himself in a largely bi-lingual and bi-cultural empire and how he speaks of his homeland with a view to determining whether his attachment to his ‘little country’ is the stronger and if his numerous sojourns in Rome amount to little more than a ‘golden exile’ for him.

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