Res Gestae Divi Augusti Text, Translation, and Commentary

Name: Res Gestae Divi Augusti Text, Translation, and Commentary
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ISBN: 9780521601283

ISBN-10: 0521601282

ISBN-13: 9780521601283

Edition: 2009

Authors: Augustus, Alison Cooley, Alison E. Cooley

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At the end of his life the emperor Augustus wrote an account of his achievements in which he reviewed his rise to power, his conquest of the world and his unparalleled generosity towards his subjects. This edition provides a new text, translation and detailed commentary - the first substantial one in English for more than four decades - which is suitable for use with students of all levels. The commentary deals with linguistic, stylistic and historical matters. It elucidates how Augustus understood his role in Roman society, and how he wished to be remembered by posterity; and it sets this picture that emerges from the Res Gestae into the context of the emergence both of a new visual…

Book details

List price: $42.95
Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 5/14/2009
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 331
Size: 6.85" wide x 9.76" long x 0.63" tall
Weight: 1.650
Language: English

Augustus is a Brazilian dancer, musician and poet.



List of illustrations


Preface


List of abbreviations


Maps 1-4


Introduction



'Queen of inscriptions'



RGDA at Rome



RGDA in its provincial contexts



Ancyra



Antioch near Pisidia



Apollonia



Mechanisms for publication



The language of the RGDA



Stylistic characteristics of the Latin text



Features of the Greek translation



The messages of the RGDA



Date of composition



Transmission of the text and previous study of the monuments



Ancyra



Pisidian Antioch



Apollonia



Reinterpretations of the RGDA



Roman responses



Mussolini and the RGDA


Res Gestae Divi Augusti: text and translation


Commentary


Appendix


Bibliography


Index locorum


General index