The Nature and Purpose of Augustus' "Res Gestae"

actions Actium activities appears Ara Pacis auctoritas Augustan ideology Augustus says Caesar Cass Cassius Cassius Dio chapters Cicero civic crown civil clear clementia clupeus coins commentary connection connotations consuls Cult deity describes document earlier emperor empire fact Fasti fides Forum Gagé 38 Gaius gestae divi Augusti gods Greek translation gustus Hellegouarc'h honors Honos idea imperium important impression inscription iustitia Jupiter Kornemann Latin leader liberalitas libertas Livy Malcovati 33 mention military Monumentum Ancyranum Moreover note 75 Octavian Ovid paragraphs Pater Patriae perhaps person pietas political pontifex maximus position praef princeps provides reference religious republic republican Res gestae divi res publica restoration Roman Rome says that Augustus seems senate sentence shield silver statues sources Suet Suetonius suggests Tacitus temples terra marique Tiberius tion tradition tribunician power underline Velleius verbs victory virtues Volkmann 34 Weber 15 words writer