CLAS 1120 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Res Gestae Divi Augusti, Hellenistic Period, Hellenization
28 Nov 2017
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Res gestae divi augusti: about his life and what he accomplished (augustus) Authorship of this text is not in question; it is written by augustus i: while it is likely he worked with a council / advisors, and edited by his ministers, it is still from him directly. Government document meant to send a message, and does not aim for either. Historical precision / accuracy (while it is mostly historically accurate) Babylon was an old symbol of mesopotamian luxury, and also a symbol of a completely non- Key: a symbol of his transition to an easterner. Used the desert (losing thousands of his men and horses) and marches them across the desert to punish them for doubting him. Did not stabilize a new gov"t system for controlling his vast, sprawling, impossible territory. As a ruler, he instead seems to be making things up on the fly.
