Compendium of Roman History. Res Gestae Divi Augusti

Velleius Paterculus, who lived in the reigns of Augustus and Tiberius (30 BC- AD 37), served as a military tribune in Thrace, Macedonia, Greece and Asia Minor, and later, from AD 4 to 12 or 13, as a cavalry officer and "legatus" in Germany and Pannonia. He was quaestor in AD 7, praetor in 15. He wrote in two books 'Roman Histories', a summary of Roman history from the fall of Troy to AD 29. As he approached his own times he becomes much fuller in his treatment, especially between the death of Caesar in 44 BC and that of Augustus in AD 14. 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 (AD 13- 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.

About the author

Frederick William Shipley (1871–1945) was Professor of Classics at Washington University in St. Louis.

Summary

Velleius Paterculus lived during the reigns of Augustus and Tiberius and wrote a summary of Roman history from the fall of Troy to AD 29. In AD 13–14 Augustus wrote an account of his public life, Res Gestae Divi Augusti, the best preserved copy of which was engraved on the walls of his temple at Ancyra (Ankara).

Product details

• Authors: Emperor of Rome Augustus Caesar, Augustus Emperor of Rome, Velleius Paterculus, Velleius Paterculus
• Assisted by: F.W. Shipley (Translation), Frederick W. Shipley (Translation)
• Publisher: University Presses
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.01.1924
• EAN: 9780674991682
• ISBN: 978-0-674-99168-2
• Dimensions: 108 mm x 162 mm x 23 mm
• Weight: 363 g
• Illustrations: Index
• Series: Loeb Classical Library; Loeb Classical Library; Loeb Classical Library *CONTINS TO [e-mail]
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Essays, feuilletons, literary criticism, interviews; Essays, LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Essays, Literary essays