Res Gestae (Augustus Caesar)
RES GESTAE DIVI AUGUSTI
T H E A C H I E V E M E N T S OF THE DIVINE AUGUSTUS
with an introduction and commentary by
P. A. BRUNT
and
J. M. MOORE
O X F O R D
U N I V E R S I T Y
P R E S S
Oxford University Press, Walton Street, Oxford OX2 6DP London Glasgow New York Toronto Delhi Bombay Calcutta Madras Karachi Kuala Lumpur Singapore Hong Kong Tokyo Nairobi Dar es Salaam Cape Town Melbourne Auckland and associates in Beirut Berlin Ibadan Mexico City Nicosia Oxford is a trade mark of Oxford University Press ISBN 0 19 831772 7
© Oxford University Press 1967 First published 1967 Reprinted 1970, 1973, 1978, 1979, 1981,
1983
All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior permission of Oxford University Press
The cover illustration shows part of the opening passage of the Res Gestae, from the copy set up at Ankara on the site of the temple of Rome and Augustus. {Photograph: Ernest Nash, Rome).
Printed in Great Britain by J. W Arrowsmith Ltd. Bristol
PREFACE
T H I S edition of the Res Gestae is designed for use as an historical source by sixth form pupils and undergraduates who may be study ing either history or classics, some of whom m a y have little or no L a t i n or Greek. T h e L a t i n text is, therefore, accompanied by a translation, and all L a t i n or Greek in the notes is also translated. Some L a t i n words, which have no adequate English equivalents, have been left in the translation, but they are all explained in the notes or in the appendix on R o m a n constitutional terms. T h e L a t i n text printed is that of V. Ehrenberg and A. H . M . Jones (Documents Illustrating the Reigns of Augustus and Tiberius, Clarendon Press, 1955), with minor changes of punctuation. In order to facilitate reading we have omitted the square brackets which
T H E A C H I E V E M E N T S OF THE DIVINE AUGUSTUS
with an introduction and commentary by
P. A. BRUNT
and
J. M. MOORE
O X F O R D
U N I V E R S I T Y
P R E S S
Oxford University Press, Walton Street, Oxford OX2 6DP London Glasgow New York Toronto Delhi Bombay Calcutta Madras Karachi Kuala Lumpur Singapore Hong Kong Tokyo Nairobi Dar es Salaam Cape Town Melbourne Auckland and associates in Beirut Berlin Ibadan Mexico City Nicosia Oxford is a trade mark of Oxford University Press ISBN 0 19 831772 7
© Oxford University Press 1967 First published 1967 Reprinted 1970, 1973, 1978, 1979, 1981,
1983
All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior permission of Oxford University Press
The cover illustration shows part of the opening passage of the Res Gestae, from the copy set up at Ankara on the site of the temple of Rome and Augustus. {Photograph: Ernest Nash, Rome).
Printed in Great Britain by J. W Arrowsmith Ltd. Bristol
PREFACE
T H I S edition of the Res Gestae is designed for use as an historical source by sixth form pupils and undergraduates who may be study ing either history or classics, some of whom m a y have little or no L a t i n or Greek. T h e L a t i n text is, therefore, accompanied by a translation, and all L a t i n or Greek in the notes is also translated. Some L a t i n words, which have no adequate English equivalents, have been left in the translation, but they are all explained in the notes or in the appendix on R o m a n constitutional terms. T h e L a t i n text printed is that of V. Ehrenberg and A. H . M . Jones (Documents Illustrating the Reigns of Augustus and Tiberius, Clarendon Press, 1955), with minor changes of punctuation. In order to facilitate reading we have omitted the square brackets which