Rome, the Greek World, and the East, Vol. 2 - Government, Society, and Culture in the Roman Empire

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TheGreekhistorian,CassiusDio,andtheGreekjurist,M.Cn.Licinius
Rufinus,embodythatprocessintheircareersintheserviceoftheRomanem-
perorsaswellasintheirwritings.Bothrepresent‘‘thefusionofGreekcivili-
zationandRomangovernment’’;forboth‘‘tobeaRoman...wastohave
acertainattitudetohistory,toidentifyoneselfwithanhistoricaltradition
goingbacktotheRepublicandbeyond,andtolookathistoryfromRome
outward s...whileretainingunimpairedtheculturaloutlookoftheGreek
worldinwhich[they]wereborn.’’Both—butalsoP.HerenniusDexippus—
couldberegardedas‘‘asymboloftheprocessthatbroughtaboutaRoman
EmpireruledfromByzantium,whichsurvivedforathousandyearsafterthe
westernparthadpassedaway’’(A Study of Cassius Dio,191–92).

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