This unadapted Latin text of the emperor Augustus’ autobiography is designed to allow the intermediate/advanced student at the high school or college level to read Latin rapidly, without having constantly to consult a dictionary or grammar. The facing vocabulary and comprehensive grammar notes facilitate a rapid read. The Res Gestae reveals as much about Augustus and his accomplishments through what it omits as what it contains. This primary document allows students rare access to non-literary historical Latin, to the most impressive of all Latin inscriptions: the Res Gestae of Rome’s first emperor, his accomplishments as he sought to have them presented.
Special Features
- Comprehensive introduction provides the historical background, organizational analysis, and grammatical idiosyncracies of the inscription
- Complete unadapted Latin text of the inscription with appendix (327 lines) including macrons with same- and facing-page vocabulary and notes
- Grammatical, lexical, and historical commentary in facing-page notes
- Eight black-and-white illustrations, maps, and photographs
- Index of proper names with textual references and identifications
- Complete vocabulary
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