Citation with stable link: Philip A. Harland, 'Guide to Dio Cassius,' Ethnic Relations and Migration in the Ancient World, last modified August 8, 2024, https://philipharland.com/Blog/?p=21452.
This post provides a guide for reading sequentally through ethnographic passages from Dio Cassius’ Roman History (ca. 211-233 CE) on this website:
- Celts / Galatians and their moral character – 12, fragments 50 and 57.6b (link)
- Romans, an oracle and burying Galatians – 12, fragment via Zonaras 8.19-20 (link)
- Judeans – 37.15-17; 49.22; 57.18.5; 60.6.6-7; 67.14; 68.1, 32 (link)
- Parthians – 40.14-15 (link)
- Egyptians and Octavian on the “effeminate” Mark Antony – 50.25-27 (link)
- Libyans and the annihiliation of the Nasamonians specifically – 67.4.6-7 (link)
- Egyptians and Roman actions against “cowherds” specifically – 72.4 (link)
- Britons, including Maiatians and Kaledonians – 77.12.1–5 (link)