"Safety first": Cassius Dio on the Augustan Senate

• Author(s) / Creator(s)

  • Perry, Jonathan Scott

• This paper will explore Augustus’ efforts to curb senatorial absenteeism, particularly as codified in a Lex Julia de senatu habendo passed in 9 BCE. In both The Senate of Imperial Rome and a 1984 article on “Augustus and the Senate” in Greece & Rome, Richard Talbert observed, “our knowledge of this vital statute is very patchy.” Nevertheless, as the main source for the law (together with a few vague references in Gellius and Pliny the Younger) is Cassius Dio, it is appropriate to consider his commentary, especially in the context of this conference.

• Date created

  2018-05-25

• Subjects / Keywords

  • Cassius Dio
  • Roman Senate
  • Augustus

• Type of Item

  Conference/Workshop Presentation

• DOI

  https://doi.org/10.7939/R3D795S8N

• License

  Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International