Project Gutenberg 2004-01-01 Public domain in the USA. 641 Cassius Dio Cocceianus Dio Cassius Cocceianus Dion Cassius Cocceianus Cassio Dione Dio, Cassius Lucio Cassio Dione Foster, Herbert Baldwin 1874 1906 Dio's Rome, Volume 5 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 Reading ease score: 65.0 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. Produced by Ted Garvin, Ben Courtney and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team "Dio's Rome, Volume 5" by Cassius Dio Cocceianus is a historical narrative originally composed in Greek during the early 3rd century AD. This volume, covering events from A.D. 54 to A.D. 211, focuses on the reign of the notorious Emperor Nero and his tumultuous relationships with notable figures such as Agrippina, Britannicus, and various witnesses of his tyranny. With an exploration of the extravagant decadence, political machinations, and violent episodes of Nero’s rule, the book portrays a portrait of imperial Rome during a time marked by moral disintegration and political strife. The opening of this volume immerses the reader in the chaotic world of Nero’s ascent to power, detailing his initial subservience to his mother Agrippina, whose ambitions ultimately backfire, leading to her demise at his hands. Dio juxtaposes Nero’s burgeoning tyrannical nature with vivid accounts of his extravagance and licentiousness, capturing the tension between his public persona and private depravity. The early chapters highlight the murder of Britannicus and other figures who pose threats to Nero's reign, setting the stage for a narrative rich in intrigue, betrayal, and the horrors of autocratic rule, painting a vivid picture of a city and an empire on the brink of moral and societal collapse. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Rome -- History DG Text Classical Antiquity Browsing: History - Ancient Browsing: History - European Browsing: History - General 741473 672371 2024-10-05T07:05:04.843448 2023-10-05T07:24:35.738387 text/html text/html 648528 2004-01-31T14:25:38 text/html; charset=us-ascii 238851 2004-01-31T14:26:14 text/html application/zip 326988 2024-10-05T07:05:17.664303 application/epub+zip 345134 2024-10-05T07:05:08.668319 application/epub+zip 328647 2024-10-05T07:05:06.964326 application/epub+zip 611283 2024-10-05T07:05:23.604519 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 540632 2024-10-05T07:05:16.428458 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 482654 2022-09-05T10:28:46.141676 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 588451 588378 2024-10-05T07:05:02.788355 2023-10-05T07:24:34.217373 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 590116 2004-01-31T14:21:04 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 226116 2004-01-31T14:26:14 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 590108 2004-01-31T14:21:38 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 226092 2004-01-31T14:26:12 text/plain application/zip 22398 2024-10-05T07:05:23.985287 application/rdf+xml 13853 2024-10-05T07:05:07.710340 image/jpeg 3485 2024-10-05T07:05:07.406360 image/jpeg 316655 2024-10-05T07:05:04.898374 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia