Compendium of Roman history Res gestae divi Augusti
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Compendium of Roman history . Res gestae divi Augusti
（The Loeb classical library, 152）
Heinemann , G.P. Putnam, 1924
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Velleius Paterculus and res gestae divi Augusti
Historiae Romanae
History of Rome
The acts of Augustus
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Latin or greek text and parallel English translation on opposite pages
Later printing published: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press
Includes bibliography, bibliographical references and index
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Velleius Paterculus, who lived in the reigns of Augustus and Tiberius (30 BCE 37 CE), served as a military tribune in Thrace, Macedonia, Greece and Asia Minor, and later, from 4 CE to 12 or 13, as a cavalry officer and legatus in Germany and Pannonia. He was quaestor in 7 CE, praetor in 15. He wrote in two books 'Roman Histories', a summary of Roman history from the fall of Troy to 29 CE. As he approached his own times he becomes much fuller in his treatment, especially between the death of Caesar in 44 BCE and that of Augustus in 14 CE. His work has useful concise essays on Roman colonies and provinces and some effective compressed portrayals of characters.
Res Gestae Divi Augusti. In his 76th year (13 CE 14) the emperor Augustus wrote a dignified account of his public life and work of which the best preserved copy (with a Greek translation) was engraved by the Galatians on the walls of the temple of Augustus at Ancyra (Ankara). It is a unique document giving short details of his public offices and honours; his benefactions to the empire, to the people, and to the soldiers; and his services as a soldier and as an administrator.
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