Back to Ancient History Sourcebook | Ancient History Sourcebook: Res Gestae Divi Augusti, c. 14 CE This is, perhaps, the most famous inscription left us by Antiquity. It is inscribed on marble in a building which was a temple of Augustus in Ankara, Asia Minor . The original of this document seems to have been set up in bronze before the great Emperor's mausoleum in Rome, and this is one of the ...

AUGUSTUS: IMAGES OF POWER Mark Morford, Classics Department, University of Virginia To view larger images, click on the small images at the head of each section. Part 1: The Mausoleum (1-7) 1. The Campus Martius was a large low-lying area north of the Capitolium, lying outside the pomerium. Here the Roman people met under arms and practiced military training. Towards the end of the Republic the ...

An English translation of "The Annals", by Tacitus.

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The Deeds of the Divine Augustus by Augustus, part of the Internet Classics Archive ...

Virtual Catalog of Roman Coins An Online Encyclopedia of Roman Emperors DIR Atlas AUGUSTUS (31 B.C. - 14 A.D.) Garrett G. Fagan Pennsylvania State University Introduction Augustus is arguably the single most important figure in Roman history. In the course of his long and spectacular career, he put an end to the advancing decay of the Republic and established a new basis for Roman government ...

Resources for Augustan Studies Table of Contents Augustan Web Sites Augustan Writings: RGDA Related Historical Texts Related Poetry and Prose BACK | NEXT Egypt | Near East | Tel Dor | Aegean Classics | Herakles | Greece | Rome Augustus | Medieval | Archaeology Numismatics | Museums Universities | Books Prima Porta statue of Augustus, ca. 20 A.D. copy of 20 B.C. statue, found on the site of ...

Biography of Caesar Augustus Octavian.

Back to Ancient History Sourcebook | Ancient History Sourcebook: Suetonius (c.69-after 122 CE): The Divine Augustus 1. That the family of the Octavii was of the first distinction in Velitrae, is rendered evident by many circumstances. For in the most frequented part of the town there was, not long since, a street named the Octavian; and an altar was to be seen, consecrated to one Octavius, who ...

LIFE OF AUGUSTUS by Nicolaus of Damascus Translated by Clayton M. Hall (1923) FGrH F 125: (1) Men gave him this name in view of his claim to honor; and, scattered over islands and continents, through city and tribe, they revere him by building temples and by sacrificing to him, thus requiting him for his great virtue and acts of kindness toward themselves. For this man, having attained ...

The Mausoleum of Augustus and the Res Gestae The complex to which the Res Gestae belonged included the Mausoleum of Augustus, two obelisks, the Ara Pacis, the Ustrinum, and two pillars (mentioned in the text) on which the Res Gestae was carved. Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum I2 244: (calendar: referring to July 4, 13 B.C.) FER(IAE) EX S(ENATUS) C(ONSULTO) Q(UOD) E(O) D(IE) ARA PACIS AUG(USTAE) ...

Back to Ancient History Sourcebook | Ancient History Sourcebook: Augustan Encomiums, c. 31 BCE - 14 CE : In 17 B.C. Augustus celebrated the Secular Games, a peculiarly solemn event, supposedly permitted only once in a century. The occasion was one of general jubilation over the notable peace and prosperity of the age. The Secular Hymn by the court poet Horace is perhaps the most successful ...

A lecture describing the Roman Empire under Augustus down to the reforms of Constantine the Great ...

An Online Encyclopedia of Roman Emperors DIR Atlas Livia (Wife of Augustus) Donna Hurley Introduction Livia, as history most often knows her, ] was the wife of Augustus for over fifty years, from 38 BC until his death in AD 14 , an astonishingly long time in view of life expectancy in ancient Rome. Although certainty about their inner lives and proof for what we would consider a loving ...

THE PERSONAE OF AUGUSTUS The Emperor Augustus, during his lifetime, 'wore many hats', that is, appeared to various people in different capacities at various times. One of the arcana imperii was certainly his ability to mix and match these personae as needed, to achieve the maximum political and social effect upon Romans and their subjects. These functions were often carried out through ...

The Emperor Augustus 27 BC-AD 14 The first and perhaps greatest of the Roman emperors, Augustus ended a bloody civil war, ruled with wisdom and power, and united and kept peace in Rome for many years. Augustus was born with the name Octavian. Well educated in philosophy, rhetoric, and military skills as a boy, he was adopted by his uncle Julius Caesar and became his heir. When Caesar was ...

Contents | Index He was quite handsome.... Sometimes he would clip his beard; sometimes he would shave it. While his barbers were at work on him, it was not unusual for him to read or write.... His eyes were clear and radiant.... His complexion was between dark and fair. Though only five feet, six inches in height . . his shortness was not too noticeable because of the good proportions of his ...

From Octavian to Augustus: Images Illustrating His Rise to Power During the decades leading up to Julius Caesar's dictatorship, Roman coinage took on an increasingly personal character, displaying designs with a clear propagandistic message promoting the family or the political favorites of the moneyer who struck the coins for that year. Types commemorated victories, beneficent legislation, ...

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