"Augustus' Memoirs", written probably in the mid 20s BC, might have been one of the most revealing texts of Roman history - had they survived. Far longer than his surviving Res Gestae, the Memoirs seem to date from a period at which the wounds of Rome's civil wars were fresh, and the emperor's partisan past might be recalled with discomfort. Existing fragments and testimonia have suggested that the work was apologetic in purpose. In this, the first ever comprehensive study of the subject, a cast of internationally-respected scholars reconstruct aspects of the work, its importance for historians, and its relation to Roman literary genre. This book also contains, by kind permission of Oxford University Press, the fragments and testimonia of the Memoirs as they will appear, newly edited by Christopher Smith, in "The Fragmentary Roman Historians".

About the Author
Christopher Smith is Professor of Ancient History at the University of St.Andrews, and an editor of The Fragmentary Roman Historians (OUP, forthcoming). Anton Powell is Director of the University of Wales Institute of Classics & Ancient History, and author of Virgil the Partisan (2008).


Book Information
ISBN 9781905125258
Author Anton Powell
Format Hardback
Page Count 230
Imprint Classical Press of Wales
Publisher Classical Press of Wales