Res Gestae Divi Augusti (Greek Commentaries Series)
Publisher: Bryn Mawr Commentaries; Bryn Mawr Commentaries, Inc.
Published: March 1995
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 60
ISBN-13: 9780929524849
Subjects: Ancient and Classical; Literary Criticism; Literature - Classics / Criticism
First sentence: WHEN Augustus died on 19 August, AD 14, he left behind him four documents, entrusted to the Vestal Virgins for sage keeping; these documents as listed by Suetonius (Aug. 101, 4) were: his will; instructions for his funeral; 'a catalogue of his achievements which he wished to be inscribed on bronze tablets and set up in front of his mausoleum'; and a summary of the military and financial state of the whole empire.