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An Annotated Guide to Online Resources 12 July 2008
Ancient biographies, historical accounts, contemporary testimonies. Includes the text of the Res gestae in Latin and English, along with the vitae of Suetonius and Nicolaus of Damascus. Background & Images Ancient accounts of Julius Caesar and Mark Antony. Chronologies of Augustus's life, illnesses, legislation, and responsibilities; building projects in the period; and conspiracies against the emperor. Information on Augustus's mausoleum complex. Genealogies of the Julio-Claudian line. Images from statuary and coin. Modern Essays & Historical Fiction Contemporary historiography, introductions to the sources, and a fictional reconstruction of Augustus' lost memoir.
See also... A companion to the Caesar Augustus pages: primary sources, background and images, modern essays and historical fiction.
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