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Res Gestae Divi Augusti: Text, Translation, and Commentary
Augustus
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Description for Res Gestae Divi Augusti: Text, Translation, and Commentary
Paperback. This book provides a text, translation and detailed commentary for this seminal work for the study of Roman history. Num Pages: 331 pages, 34 b/w illus. 5 maps. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLA. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 245 x 174 x 17. Weight in Grams: 584. Text, Translation and Commentary. 336 pages, 34 b/w illus. 5 maps. This 2009 book provides a text, translation and detailed commentary for this seminal work for the study of Roman history. Cateogry: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). BIC Classification: HBG; HBLA. Dimension: 245 x 174 x 17. Weight: 618.
At the end of his life the emperor Augustus wrote an account of his achievements in which he reviewed his rise to power, his conquest of the world and his unparalleled generosity towards his subjects. This edition provides a text, translation and detailed commentary - the first substantial one in English for more than four decades - which is suitable for use with students of all levels. The commentary deals with linguistic, stylistic and historical matters. It elucidates how Augustus understood his role in Roman society, and how he wished to be remembered by posterity; and it sets this picture ... Read more
At the end of his life the emperor Augustus wrote an account of his achievements in which he reviewed his rise to power, his conquest of the world and his unparalleled generosity towards his subjects. This edition provides a text, translation and detailed commentary - the first substantial one in English for more than four decades - which is suitable for use with students of all levels. The commentary deals with linguistic, stylistic and historical matters. It elucidates how Augustus understood his role in Roman society, and how he wished to be remembered by posterity; and it sets this picture ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
Number of Pages
331
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780521601283
SKU
V9780521601283
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About Augustus
Alison E. Cooley is Senior Lecturer in Classics and Ancient History at the University of Warwick. Recent books include Becoming Roman, Writing Latin?: Literacy and Epigraphy in the Roman West (2002; edited) and Pompeii (2004).
Reviews for Res Gestae Divi Augusti: Text, Translation, and Commentary
"...Alison Cooley provides what will be the standard textbook for the RGDA in this generation... Cooley has provided students and colleagues with an edition of the RGDA that will serve as a textbook and as a work of reference. ..a book that is at the same time a pleasure to read and highly useful. That is no small ... Read more