Caesaris Augusti: Res Gestae et Fragmenta
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- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5The record set up at the mausoleum of the first Emperor. Robert graves refers to this type of record as boring, and stilted, and then moves on with the novel called "I, Claudius" as to his mind, a more saleable account of the life of another emperor. The Res Gestae in this edition is a useful teaching tool for an introductory university course in Roman History. It is a useful, but not spritely account.
- Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5Oft neglected piece of Roman political history: how does the public make judgement about political figures, and perhaps more revealing, how do political figures attempt to shape public opinion?
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Caesaris Augusti - Herbert Benario
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RES GESTAE
RĒRUM gestārum dīvī Augustī, quibus orbem terrārum imperiō populī Rōmānī subiēcit, et impēnsārum quās in rem pūblicam populumque Rōmānum fēcit, incīsārum in duābus ahēneīs pīlīs, quae sunt Rōmae positae, exemplar subiectum.
1 Annōs ūndēvīgintī nātus exercitum prīvātō consiliō et prīvātā impēnsā comparāvī, per quem rem pūblicam ā dominātiōne factiōnis oppressam in lībertātem vindicāvī. Eō nōmine senātus dēcrētīs honōrificīs in ōrdinem suum mē adlēgit, C. Pansā et A. Hirtiō consulibus, consulārem locum sententiae dīcendae tribēens, et imperium mihi dedit. Rēs pūblica nē quid dētrīmentī caperet, mē prōpraetōre simul cum consulibus prōvidēre iussit. Populus autem eōdem annō mē consulem, cum cos. uterque in bellō cecidisset, et triumvirum reī pūblicae constituendae creāvit.
2 Quī parentem meum trucīdāvērunt, eōs in exilium expulī iūdiciīs lēgitimīs ultus eōrum facinus, et posteā bellum inferentīs reī pūblicae vīcī bis aciē.
3 Bella terrā et marī cīvīlia externaque tōtō in orbe terrārum saepe gessī, victorque omnibus veniam petentibus cīvibus pepercī. Externās gentēs, quibus tūtō ignōsci potuit, cōnservāre quam excīdere māluī. Mīllia cīvium Rōmānōrum sub sacrāmentō meō fuērunt circiter quīngenta. Ex quibus dēduxī in colōniās aut remīsī in mūnicipia sua stīpendis ēmeritīs mīllia aliquantō plūra quam trecenta, et iīs omnibus agrōs adsignāvī aut pecūniam prō praemiīs mīlitiae dedī. Nāvēs cēpī sescentās praeter eās, sī quae minōrēs quam trirēmēs fuērunt.
4 Bis ovāns triumphāvī et trīs ēgī curūlīs triumphōs et appellātus sum vīciēns et semel imperātor, dēcernente plūrīs triumphōs mihi senātū, quibus omnibus supersēdī. Laurum dē fascibus dēposuī in Capitōliō, vōtīs quae quōque bellō nuncupāveram solūtīs. Ob rēs ā mē aut per lēgātōs meōs auspicīs meīs terrā marīque prosperē gestās quīnquāgiēns et quīnquiēns dēcrēvit senātus supplicandum esse dīs immortālibus. Diēs autem, per quōs ex senātūs cōnsultō supplicātum est, fuēre DCCCLXXXX. In triumphīs meīs ductī sunt ante currum meum rēgēs aut rēgum līberī novem. Consul fueram terdeciēns, cum scrībēbam haec, et eram septimum et trīcēnsimum tribūnīciae potestātis.
Augustus as Imperator, from the Villa at Prima Porta (Museo Vaticano)
5 Dictātūram et apsentī et praesentī mihi dēlātam et ā populō et ā senātū, M. Mārcellō et L. Arruntiō consulibus nōn recēpī. Nōn sum dēprecātus in summā frūmentī pēnūriā cūrātiōnem annōnae, quam ita administravī, ut intrā diēs paucōs metū et perīclō praesentī cīvitātem ūniversam līberārem impēnsā et cūrā meā. Consulātum quoque turn annuum et perpetuum mihi dēlātum nōn recēpī.
6 Consulibus M. Viniciō et Q. Lucrētiō et posteā P. Lentulō et Cn. Lentulō et tertium Paullō Fabiō Maximō et Q. Tuberōne senātū populōque Rōmānō consentientibus ut cūrātor lēgum et mōrum summā potestāte sōlus creārer, nūllum magistrātum contrā mōrem maiōrum dēlātum recēpī. Quae tum per mē gerī senātus voluit, per tribūnīciam potestātem perfēcī, cuius potestātis conlēgam et ipse ultrō quīnquiēns ā senātū dēpoposcī et accēpī.
7 Triumvirum reī pūblicae cōnstituendae fuī per continuōs annōs decem. Princeps senātūs fuī usque ad eum diem quō scrīpseram haec per annōs quadrāgintā. Pontifex maximus, augur, XV virum sacrīs faciundīs, VII virum epulōnum, frāter arvālis, sodālis Titius, fētiālis fuī.
8 Patriciōrum numerum auxī consul quīntum iussū populī et senātūs. Senātum ter lēgī, et in consulatū sextō censum populī conlēgā M. Agrippā ēgī. Lustrum post annum alterum et quadrāgēnsimum fēcī, quō lustrō cīvium Rōmānōrum cēnsa sunt capita quadrāgiēns centum mīllia et sexāgintā tria mīllia. Tum iterum consularī cum imperiō lustrum sōlus fēcī C. Censōrīnō et C. Asiniō cos., quō lustrō censa sunt cīvium Rōmānōrum capita quadrāgiēns centum mīllia et ducenta trīgintā tria mīllia. Et tertium consūlarī cum imperiō lustrum conlēgā Tip. Caesare filiō meō, fēcī sex. pompeiō et sex. Appuleiō cos., quō lustrō censa sunt cīvium Rōmānōrum capitum quadrāgiēns centum mīllia et nōngenta trīgintā et septem millia. Lēgibus novīs mē auctōre lātīs multa exempla maiōrum exolēscentia iam ex nostrō saeculō redūxī et ipse multārum rērum exempla imitanda posterīs trādidī.
Augustus as Pontifex Maximus (H. W. Benario)
9 Vōta prō valētūdine meā suscipī per consulēs et sacerdōtēs quintō quōque annō senātus dēcrēvit. Ex iīs vōtīs saepe fēcērunt vīvō mē lūdōs aliquotiēns sacerdōtum quattuor amplissima collēgia, aliquotiēns consulēs. Prīvātim etiam et mūnicipātim ūniversī cīves ūnanimiter continenter apud omnia pulvīnāria prō valētūdine meā supplicāvērunt.
10 Nōmen meum senātūs consultō inclūsum est in saliāre carmen, et sacrōsānctus in perpetum ut essem et, quoad vīverem, tribūnīcia potēstas mihi esset, per lēgem sanctum est. Pontifex maximus nē fierem in vīvī conlēgae meī locum, populō id sacerdōtium dēferente mihi quod pater meus habuerat, recūsāvī. Quod sacerdōtium aliquod post annōs, eō mortuō qui cīvīlis mōtūs occāsiōne occupāverat, cūnctā ex Italiā ad comitia mea confluente multitūdine, quanta Rōmae nunquam fertur ante id tempus fuisse, recēpl, P. Sulpiciō C. Valgiō