Dion Cassius: Un historien méconnu. Occident son esprit curieux le mène

son esprit curieux le mène à poser son objectif sur des sujets parfois plus contemplatifs

from Gustave Courbet to Auguste Rodin

où des pigeons se disputent avec des singes

Antonio de La Gandara

without hiding the setbacks and reversals

Dion Cassius: Un historien méconnu. Occident son esprit curieux le mèneWritten by one of the best current specialists, this work in a lively style presents the life of a major historian of ancient Rome and the originality of his work. Dio Cassius, an aristocrat from Asia Minor, became a high official in Rome and advisor to one of the emperors of the Severan dynasty, at the beginning of the 3rd century century AD, then returned to his homeland to write, in Greek, a monumental history of Rome, from its origins to its own