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Further Reading

Articles

  • Bosworth, Brian. “Augustus, the Res gestae and Hellenistic Theories of Apotheosis.” Journal of Roman Studies 89 (1999): 1–18.
  • Güven, Suna. “Displaying the Res gestae of Augustus: A Monument of Imperial Image for All.” Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians 57 (1998): 30–45.

Books

  • Dio, Cassius. The Roman History: The Reign of Augustus, trans. Ian Scott-Kilvert. New York: Penguin, 1987.
  • Eck, Werner. The Age of Augustus, trans. Deborah Lucas Schneider. Oxford, U.K.: Blackwell, 2003.
  • Paterculus, Velleius. Compendium of Roman History/Res gestae divi Augusti, trans. Frederick W. Shipley. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1924.
  • Ramage, Edwin S. The Nature and Purpose of Augustus' “Res gestae.” Stuttgart, Germany: F. Steiner, 1987.
  • Suetonius. The Twelve Caesars, trans. Robert Graves. New York: Penguin, 2003.
  • Syme, Ronald. The Roman Revolution. Oxford, U.K.: Oxford University Press, 1952.
  • Yavetz, Zvi. “The Res gestae and Augustus' Public Image.” In Caesar Augustus: Seven Aspects, ed. Fergus Millar and Erich Segal. Oxford, U.K.: Clarendon Press, 1984.
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