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9780335110926 // Antony Lentin // Augustus: Res Gestae, // Open University Press, 1982 // 1982 Augustus: Res Gestae, Enlightened absolutism, 1760-1790 Guilt at Versailles The Last Political Law Lord Mr Justice McCardie (1869-1933) General Smuts Banker, Traitor, Scapegoat, Spy? Res Gestae Divi Augusti ("the achievements of the deified Augustus"): the official autobiography of Augustus, which survives asn an inscription in Ancyra (modern Ankara). Ankara, Temple of Roma and Augustus. The Res Gestae Divi Augusti ("the achievements of the deified Augustus") are the official autobiography of Augustus, the man who had renovated the Roman Empire during his long reign from 31 BCE to 14 CE. The text tells us how he wanted to be remembered. Caesar Augustus; P. A. Brunt, J. M. Moore (eds.)) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63. 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96. Monumentum Ancyranum (Res Gestae Divi Augusti). p344 Part I. p345 1 1 Below is a copy of the acts of the Deified Augustus by which he placed the whole world under the sovereignty of the Roman people, and of the amounts which he expended upon the state and the Roman people, as engraved upon two bronze columns which have been set up in Rome.1. Res Gestae Divi Augusti (Eng. The Deeds of the Divine Augustus) is the funerary inscription of the first Roman emperor, Augustus, giving a first-person record of his life and accomplishments. The Res Gestae is especially significant because it gives an insight into the image Augustus portrayed to the Roman people. Various portions of the Res Gestae have been found in modern Turkey. The inscription itself is a monument to the establishment of the Julio-Claudian dynasty that was to follow Augustus..