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RES GESTAE DIVI AUGUSTI
At the end of his life the emperor Augustus wrote an account ofhis achievements in which he reviewed his rise to power, his conquestof the world, and his unparalleled generosity towards his subjects. Thisedition provides a new text, translation and detailed commentary –the first substantial one in English for more than four decades –which is suitable for use by students of all levels. The commentarydeals with linguistic, stylistic, and historical matters. It elucidates howAugustus understood his role in Roman society, and how he wishedto be remembered by posterity; and it sets this picture that emergesfrom the Res Gestae into the context of the emergence both of a newvisual language and of an official set of expressions. The book alsoincludes illustrations in order to demonstrate how the Augustan erawitnessed the rise of a whole new visual language.
alison e. cooley is Senior Lecturer in Classics and Ancient His-tory at the University of Warwick. Recent books include BecomingRoman, Writing Latin? Literacy and Epigraphy in the Roman West(2002, edited), and Pompeii (2004).
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RES GESTAE DIVI AUGUSTIText, Translation, and Commentary
ALISON E. COOLEY
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Library of Congress Cataloguing in Publication dataAugustus, Emperor of Rome, 63 bc–14 ad
[Res gestae divi Augusti. English and Latin]Res gestae divi Augusti / text, translation, and commentary,
Alison E. Cooley.p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.isbn 978-0-521-84152-8 (hbk.) – isbn 978-0-521-60128-3 (pbk.)
1. Rome – History – Augustus, 30 bc–14 ad 2. Augustus, Emperor of Rome,63 bc–14 ad I. Cooley, Alison. II. Title.
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Contents
List of illustrations page viiiPreface xiList of abbreviations xiiMaps 1–4 xiv
Introduction 11 ‘Queen of inscriptions’ 12 RGDA at Rome 33 RGDA in its provincial contexts 6
a Ancyra 7b Antioch near Pisidia 13c Apollonia 16d Mechanisms for publication 18
4 The language of the RGDA 22a Stylistic characteristics of the Latin text 22b Features of the Greek translation 26
5 The messages of the RGDA 306 Date of composition 427 Transmission of the text and previous study of the monuments 43
a Ancyra 43b Pisidian Antioch 46c Apollonia 47
8 Reinterpretations of the RGDA 48a Roman responses 48b Mussolini and the RGDA 51
Res Gestae Divi Augusti: text and translation 57
Commentary 102
Appendix 279Bibliography 282Index locorum 302General index 305
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Illustrations
MAPS
1 City of Rome page xiv2 Roman forum xv3 Asia Minor xvi4 Roman empire and beyond xvii5 Egypt, Arabia, and Aethiopia 226
TABLES
1 Augustus’ acclamations as imperator 1222 Animal hunts organized by Augustus 209
FIGURES
1 Mausoleum of Augustus 42 Temple of Rome and Augustus, Ancyra 83 Temple of Rome and Augustus, Ancyra: ground plan 94 RGDA, Latin version at Ancyra 105 RGDA, Greek version at Ancyra 116 Architectural context of RGDA at Pisidian Antioch 157 Context of RGDA at Apollonia 178 Res Gestae, as reinscribed for Mussolini on the outer wall of the
Ara Pacis museum, Rome 529 Octavian, defender of liberty. Cistophorus of Ephesus, 28 bc 110
10 Antony’s head bound with a wreath of ivy; bust of Octaviaupon a cista mystica 111
11 Octavian, veiled and laureate, driving a plough drawn by oxen 11912 Gemma Augustea 12513 Augustus and Agrippa as colleagues 13314 Statue of Augustus, from the via Labicana, Rome 13615 Augustus’ accumulation of priesthoods 13716 Diagram indicating decorative scheme on Ara Pacis Augustae 15517 Ara Pacis Augustae, Rome: interior scene of sacrifice 15718 Comparison of coin and intaglio 163
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List of illustrations ix
19 Gaius and Lucius as principes iuventutis 16720 Temple of deified Julius 18621 Inscribed column 19622 Greater Armenia: royal succession 23023 Media Atropatene: royal succession (incorporating Greater
Armenia from ad 3/4) 23324 Laureate head of Augustus accompanied by the legend ‘of god
Caesar benefactor’; diademed head of Artavasdes, with thelegend ‘of great king Artavasdes’ 234
25 Long-haired bearded barbarian on his knees, holding out amilitary standard 242
26 Cuirass of Prima Porta statue of Augustus 24427 Standards recovered from the Parthians 24528 Temple of Mars the Avenger 24529 Parthia: Arsacid royal succession 25230 Restoration of constitutional government 25931 Civic crown and laurels 26232 Altar of Rome and Augustus 26333 Honours at Augustus’ house 26634 Copy of the clupeus virtutis from Arles 26735 ‘Belvedere’ altar 26836 Altar of the gens Augusta, Carthage 26937 Shield of virtues 27038 Augustus as parens and conservator 274
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS FOR ILLUSTRATIONS
Fig. 1: by kind permission of Prof. H. von Hesberg; Figs. 2, 4–5: photos byProf. S. Mitchell; Figs. 8, 14, 17, 34: photos by A. E. Cooley, reproduced bykind permission of Prof. E. La Rocca, Sovraintendenza ai Beni Culturalidel Comune di Roma, and Dr C. Sintes, Musee Archeologique d’Arles;Figs. 9, 13, 15, 19, 20, 27, 28, 30, 32, 33, 37: by kind permission of RichardAbdy, British Museum, London; Figs. 10, 11, 21, 25: c© The Trustees of theBritish Museum; Figs. 18, 24, 31, 38: c© The Trustees of the British Museum;Figs. 12, 26, 35, 36: photographs courtesy of the Syndics of the CambridgeUniversity Library.
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Preface
I’m glad to be able to take this opportunity to thank Graham Oliver,whose enthusiastic and congenial collaboration over a paper for the Tri-ennial Conference on the RGDA initially inspired the idea of undertakingthis project. I’d also like to acknowledge the role played by my studentsat Warwick, notably the three cohorts who have grappled the Augustanage with me, who often make me clarify my ideas, and generally helpinspire me by their enthusiasm for the subject. Michael Sharp has beensupportive of the book from start to finish, offering invaluable practicalhelp. Three Cambridge University Press assessors made helpful suggestionsin planning the shape of the book in its infancy; Stephen Mitchell and theother Cambridge University Press reader provided copious suggestions forguiding the original typescript towards maturity; I hope that they like whatthey find now. Any faults in the book remain the result of my oversightor stubbornness. For help in compiling the illustrations I’m indebted toMichael Sharp, Stephen Mitchell, and my father. I’m grateful to RichardAbdy of the British Museum for permission to reproduce some of theimages of coins already to be found in the LACTOR sourcebook, The Ageof Augustus, ed. M. G. L. Cooley. Family support has been crucial, and I’mincredibly fortunate to have such tolerant children, husband, parents, andmother-in-law. Among other things, I’d single out the constructive criti-cism and practical help from Melvin and my parents, and the innumerablehours of childcare undertaken by my mother-in-law. The children havebeen wonderfully patient when I disappear, so I thank Emma for lettingme get on with ‘pretend work’ whilst at home. Finally, I dedicate the bookto Paul; if he hadn’t been such a good baby and toddler, it simply wouldnot have been possible to write this book.
February 2008Warwick
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Abbreviations
AE Annee EpigraphiqueBM Coins, Rom. Emp. I Coins of the Roman Empire in the British
Museum = Mattingly (1923)BM Coins, Rom. Emp. II Coins of the Roman Empire in the British
Museum = Mattingly (1930)BM Coins, Rom. Rep. Coins of the Roman Republic in the British
Museum = Grueber (1910)CIL Corpus Inscriptionum LatinarumEJ Ehrenberg and Jones (1976, 2nd edn.)FGrH F. Jacoby, Fragmente der griechischen
HistorikerFIRA2 Fontes Iuris Romani Antejustiniani =
Riccobono (1941)HRRel Historicorum Romanorum Reliquiae = Peter
(1906)IGRom Inscriptiones Graecae ad res Romanas
pertinentesILLRP Inscriptiones Latinae Liberae Rei Publicae =
Degrassi (1957)ILS Inscriptiones Latinae SelectaeInscr. Ital. Inscriptiones Italiae XIII.i = Degrassi (1947);
XIII.ii = Degrassi (1963); XIII.iii =Degrassi (1937)
LACTOR LACTOR 17, The Age of Augustus = Cooley(2003)
LTUR I Lexicon Topographicum Urbis Romae I.A–C = Steinby (1993)
LTUR II Lexicon Topographicum Urbis Romae II.D–G = Steinby (1995)
LTUR III Lexicon Topographicum Urbis Romae III.H–O = Steinby (1996)
LTUR IV Lexicon Topographicum Urbis Romae IV.P–S = Steinby (1999a)
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List of abbreviations xiii
LTUR V Lexicon Topographicum Urbis Romae V.T–Z = Steinby (1999b)
MAMA Monumenta Asiae Minoris Antiqua IV= Buckler, Calder, and Guthrie (1933)
OCD3 Oxford Classical Dictionary = Hornblowerand Spawforth (1996, 3rd edn.)
OGI Orientis Graeci Inscriptiones SelectaePECS Princeton Encyclopaedia of Classical Sites =
Stillwell (1976)PIR Prosopographia Imperii Romani = Klebs
et al. (1897/8)PIR2 Prosopographia Imperii Romani = Groag
et al. (1933–)RE Real-Encyclopadie d. klassischen
Altertumswissenschaft, eds. A. Pauly,G. Wissowa, and W. Kroll (1893–)
RDGE Roman Documents from the Greek East =Sherk (1969)
RGE Rome and the Greek East = Sherk (1984)RIC I2 Roman Imperial Coinage = Sutherland
(1984, 2nd rev. ed.)RIC II Roman Imperial Coinage = Mattingly and
Sydenham (1926)RRC Roman Republican Coinage I = Crawford
(1974)SCPP Senatus consultum de Cn. Pisone patre = Eck
et al. (1996)SEG Supplementum Epigraphicum GraecumSuppl. It. Supplementa ItalicaSyll.3 Sylloge Inscriptionum Graecarum
Journal abbreviations follow those in Annee Philologique; abbreviatedreferences to classical authors follow the conventions in the OxfordClassical Dictionary (3rd edn.)
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