CN: Tutorial: Augustus' Res Gestae

1-4 about honors

some things he accepted some he didn't

2 naming Caesars murderers

15-24 generosity and money he spent

25-33 conquest

34-35 summary of hist position in the state

he alludes to names but does not actually name them controls the narrative - not giving them any credit and not letting them be remembered

doesn't mention Caesars assassins

doesn't mention Antony

doesn't mention Caesar either - interesting

Elogia - inscription about deeds

what the Res Gestae is

part monument

was in Latin and Greek to give to the wider audience

in first person

makes it more personal - like we are reading his thoughts make him more relatable

needs to be relatively accurate since there are people who have lived through these event and they could discredit him

he list everything he has done - but makes it seem like he was doing something amazing and good for Rome

version is lengthy and elaborate claiming things he didn't claim in life

want to immortalize his achievements

his defense for anything someone would say when he died

he wrote it to give his perspective on his achievements - can twist things to paint him in a better light

3 line 1 - i spared the lives of all citizens who asked for mercy

he sounds like a good person - other perspective might not be as favorable to him

reminding the people what he did for them

omit details to make him seem more favourable to also not let certain people be remembered

2 - I drove into exile the murderers of my father

intended audience - present a future literate people of Rome

value to us - huge value but has major bias