Αὔγουστος Καῖσαρ
Augustus Caesar
Translated by Catharine Roth23 Jul 2000Vetting: high10 revisions
Translation
Also called Sebastos and Octavianus, [wrote] On his own life and deeds [in] 13 books,1 and a tragedy of Ajax and Achilles.2
"Augustus, in accordance with his own decree, counts individually all the inhabitants of Roman [lands], wanting to know how great a multitude they are. And the inhabitants of the Roman [empire] are found to be 4,101,017 men."3
"Augustus, in accordance with his own decree, counts individually all the inhabitants of Roman [lands], wanting to know how great a multitude they are. And the inhabitants of the Roman [empire] are found to be 4,101,017 men."3
Greek original · Adler’s text
Αὔγουστος Καῖσαρ, ὁ καὶ Σεβαστὸς καὶ Ὀκταβϊανὸς ἐπικληθεὶς, Περὶ τοῦ ἰδίου βίου καὶ τῶν πράξεων βιβλία ιγʹ, καὶ τραγῳδίαν Αἴαντός τε καὶ Ἀχιλλέως. ὅτι Αὔγουστος Καῖσαρ δόξαν αὐτῷ πάντας τοὺς οἰκήτορας Ῥωμαίων κατὰ πρόσωπον ἀριθμεῖ, βουλόμενος γνῶναι πόσον ἐστὶ πλῆθος. καὶ εὑρίσκονται οἱ τὴν Ῥωμαίων οἰκοῦντες υιʹ μυριάδες καὶ ʹ22αιζʹ ἄνδρες.
Betacode
*au)/goustos *kai=sar, o( kai\ *sebasto\s kai\ *)oktabi+ano\s e)piklhqei\s, *peri\ tou= i)di/ou bi/ou kai\ tw=n pra/cewn bibli/a ig#, kai\ tragw|di/an *ai)/anto/s te kai\ *)axille/ws. o(/ti *au)/goustos *kai=sar do/can au)tw=| pa/ntas tou\s oi)kh/toras *(rwmai/wn kata\ pro/swpon a)riqmei=, boulo/menos gnw=nai po/son e)sti\ plh=qos. kai\ eu(ri/skontai oi( th\n *(rwmai/wn oi)kou=ntes ui# muria/des kai\ #22aiz# a)/ndres.
Notes (3)
- See also alpha 4413.
- 1Again at kappa 1197. ↩
- 2See Suetonius, Augustus 83 (web address 1), where the story is told that, when Augustus was asked what his Ajax was doing, he replied, "He fell on his sponge". ↩
- 3On the Augustan census figures see generally P.A. Brunt, Italian Manpower 225 BC-AD 14 (Oxford 1971) 113-120. The present figure -- in this unidentifiable quotation -- is in general line with the ones in the Res Gestae and elsewhere (4,063,000 in 28 BCE; 4,233,000 in 8 BCE; 4,937,000 or [Fasti Ostienses] 4,100,900 in 14 CE) but is, as we see, fascinatingly more precise. ↩
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
Linked from3 entries
- α4413ΑὔγουστοςAugustus[Augustus] the Caesar, cousin of Julius Caesar; from whom also the month of August is named. Things that are honorable and great and illustrious are called "august." For in his reign the Lord Jesus Christ, our God and…
- γ12ΓάϊοςGaiusEmperor of [the] Romans. At first he handled the affairs of the empire in a high-minded fashion and dealt with his subordinates professionally. But after two years he deviated from human nature and, in imitation of his…
- κ1197Καῖσαρ ΑὔγουστοςCaesar AugustusAlso known as Sebastos and Octavian. He wrote thirteen books about his own life and deeds.
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