The Emperor's Retrospect: Augustus' Res Gestae in Epigraphy, Historiography and Commentary

by Ronald T. Ridley

The most famous of all Latin inscriptions is the Res Gestae divi Augusti ("the achievements of the late emperor Augustus"), published after his death at the entrance to his mausoleum in Rome, but known to us from various copies set up in the eastern provinces. It set out the things he most wanted to be remembered for from his first bid for power at the age of 19. The first copies were brought back to Europe in the sixteenth century, and the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9042913479
• ISBN13: 9789042913479
• Release Date: December 2003
• Publisher: Peeters
• Length: 252 Pages
• Weight: 0.94 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.4" x 9.6"