EDITIONS
The more important editions of Dio are the following: —
| 1548 | R. Stephanus. Editio princeps. Books XXXVI-LX. Based on a single Ms., P. |
| 1551 | R. Stephanus. Editio princeps of Xiphilinus. |
| 1592 | Leunclavius. Included Excerpta Ursiniana. |
| 1750-52 | Reimar. 2 vols. Based on new Mss., L and V. Notes of Reimar and various other scholars; historical notes especially valuable. Good life of Dio. |
| 1824-25 | Sturz. 8 vols. Based on Reimar's edition. For the text L was again collated, also L'. Additional notes of Reimar and Reiske. In 1843 a ninth volume was added containing the Excerpts de Sententiis. |
| 1849 | Bekker. Superiority of L and M clearly recognized. Valuable for Bekker's emendations. |
| 1890-94 | Melber. Latest Teubner edition. Only 2 vols, published. Zonaras (books VII-IX) first printed in connection with early fragments of Dio. Promptly superseded by the following. |
| 1895-1901 | Boissevain. 3 vols. (Weidmann). A masterly edition, complete, accurate, conservative. Based on new collations of the Mss., usually his own. Fragments of Books I-XXXV assigned to their respective books for first time in an edition and new division of Books LXI-LXXX. Valuable prefaces and appendices containing accurate description of all Mss., complete text of Xiphilinus, critical discussion of Excerpts and similar collections, |
