A silver Roman  denarius coin , showing  the head of  Augustus,with the legend CAESAR AUGUSTUS

 

Suetonius,
Divus Augustus



 

 

 

1-4 AUGUSTUS' ANCESTRY

5-8 AUGUSTUS' BOYHOOD
  • 7: How he came to be called `Caesar Augustus'

9-19 THE CIVIL WARS
  • 10: Augustus and Antony: Mutina
  • 11: Hirtius and Pansa: suspicion of foul play
  • 12: 43 B.C.: Octavian abandons the Optimate faction
  • 13: The Second Triumvirate: Philippi (42 B.C.) Proscriptions
  • 14: 40 B.C.: Perusia (15: `Arae Perusinae')
  • 16: 38-36 B.C.: Sicily: Sextius Pompeius and Lepidus Naulochus
  • 17: 31 B.C. September 2: Battle of Actium
  • 18: Antonius and Cleopatra
  • 19: Conspiracies and rebellions.

20-25 AUGUSTUS' FOREIGN WARS AND MILITARY POLICY
  • 20: Wars Augustus fought in person
  • 21: Wars fought by proxy (legati). Frontier policy.
  • 22: Peace: The Temple of Janus
  • 23: Triumphs and Disasters
  • 24: Military Discipline
  • 25: Slaves in the military: military rewards. Augustus' caution

26-28 AUGUSTUS AND THE CONSTITUTION: THE `PRINCIPATE'
  • 26: The consulships (31-23, 12, 5)
  • 27: The triumvirate. Tribunicia potestas. Censorships.
  • 28: Augustus and the Republic. The new regime.

29-34 SOCIAL AND RELIGIOUS AFFAIRS
  • 29: Public works in Rome
  • 30: Social Services: fires and floods, road repair
  • 31: Religious Policy
  • 32: Brigandage. Legal Reforms
  • 33: Augustus as judge
  • 34: Moral legislation. Concern over the birth rate.

35-42 POLITICAL REFORMS: SENATE, EQUESTRIAN ORDER, THE PEOPLE
  • 35: Lectio Senatus. Legislative procedures
  • 36: Official bureaucratic procedures
  • 37: Senatorial committees. Revival of the censorship
  • 38: Military service for senators and equites.
  • 39: Revision of the Roll of the Equestrian Order
  • 40: The Populus: grain dole, elections, citizenship
  • 41: Augustus' generosity
  • 42: Augustus' moderation

43-45 POLICY ON PUBLIC SPECTACLES
  • 43: Shows given by Augustus
  • 44: Legislation on public spectacles
  • 45: Augustus' personal tastes. Actors.

46-50 ITALIAN AND IMPERIAL POLICY
  • 46: Colonies in Italy
  • 47: Provincial policies: Imperial visitations
  • 48: Client Kingdoms
  • 49: Imperial troops. The cursus publicus. Military treasury
  • 50: Augustus' signet ring. The Sphinx.

51-60 AUGUSTUS' PUBLIC VIRTUES:
  • 51: Clementia
  • 52: Reverentia
  • 53: Civilitas
  • 54: Tolerantia
  • 55: Treatment of Opposition
  • 56: Humanitas. Behavior in Comitia & Courts
  • 57: Equestrians and the Plebs: Affection for Augustus
  • 58: Pater Patriae (2 B.C.)
  • 59: Prayers for his long life
  • 60: Gratitude on the part of Client Kings.

61-67 AUGUSTUS' FAMILY AND HOUSEHOLD:
  • 61: His mother (Atia) and sister (Octavia Minor)
  • 62: His Wives (Scribonia, Livia Drusilla)
  • 63: Julia his daughter
  • 64: His grandchildren (Gaius, Lucius, Agrippa Postumus, Agrippina Major)
  • 65: Family Disasters
  • 66: His close friends: Salvidienus, Gallus, Agrippa, Maecenas
  • 67: Slaves and freedmen.

68-83 AUGUSTUS' PERSONAL HABITS AND PRIVATE LIFE:
  • 68: Charges of effeminacy and homosexuality.
  • 69: Charges of adultery and loose living.
  • 70: A blasphemous banquet.
  • 71: Summary of his vices.
  • 72: His houses. The theme of `simplicity'.
  • 73: Furniture and clothing.
  • 74: Entertainment.
  • 75: Holidays and feast days.
  • 76: Food and appetite.
  • 77: Drink.
  • 78: Sleep
  • 79: Personal appearance.
  • 80: Intimate details.
  • 81: Health
  • 82: Personal care
  • 83: Exercise.

84-89 AUGUSTUS AS A MAN OF LETTERS:
  • 84: Oratory
  • 85: Written works: prose and verse.
  • 86: Style
  • 87: Peculiarities of expression.
  • 88: Grammar; secret code.
  • 89: Greek studies.

90-96 PERSONAL RELIGION IN AUGUSTUS' LIFE:
  • 90: Lightning
  • 91: Dreams
  • 92: Omens
  • 93: Attitude to foreign cults.
  • 94: Omens of Augustus' birth and destiny.
  • 95: Omens of his youth and public life.
  • 96: Omens of his battles and victory.

97-101 AUGUSTUS' DEATH, BURIAL, AND DEIFICATION (A.D.14):
  • 97: Omens of death.
  • 98: Cause of death. The last journey to Nola
  • 99: The deathbed and last words.
  • 100: His burial, honors, and deification ceremony.
  • 101: His will, bequests, and final instructions.

[See: Michael Adams (ed.), C. Suetonius Tranquillus. Divi Augusti Vita (London: Macmillan 1939) lx-lxv; this edition also contains a commentary.]


 

 

December 9, 2006 1:34 PM

John Paul Adams, CSUN
john.p.adams@csun.edu

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