Res Gestae Divi Augusti
Subtitle: The Achievements of the Divine Augustus
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: December 31, 1969
Language: eng
Number of pages: 96
ISBN-13: 9780198317722
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.