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Augustus and the Introduction of Epigraphic Habit to Pannonia

Even though there is a modest number of Pannonian inscriptions that surely point to the Augustan period, it is fairly safe to suggest that the first emperor played a key role in the development of the local epigraphic culture. This is observable in almost all types of public and private inscriptions from Pannonia. In fact, in the most famous of all Latin inscriptions, the Res Gestae, the princeps himself proudly announced that he reached the Danube river. The aim of this paper is to investigate Augustus' role in development of literacy and epigaphic culture in the Roman province of Pannonia. I will attempt to demonstrate the extent to which the Roman, i.e. Augustan model of administration, society, and family was adopted, and whether any variations can be discerned within a provincial context.

Augustus, Pannonia, epigraphy, inscriptions, Roman history

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