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„Ab excessu Divi Augusti – The Fortunes of Augustus on the Occasion of the 2000th Anniversary of his Death“

“Augustus died in the same room as his father Octavius. That was 19th of August 14 A.D, at about 3 p.m, the Consuls of the year being Sextus Pompeius and Sextus Appuleius. Before the close of the following month he would have attained the age of seventy-six”, wrote Suetonius in his The Twelve Caesars. His life and deeds almost immediately became the stuff of legend. The ambivalent picture of his character started already in Antiquity and persisted throughout the Middle Ages and into the modern times: notably the villain Octavian and the noble Augustus. Different authors compared him to contemporary kings and leaders and he became the paragon of all emperors. His rule was perceived as one of piece when the Savior was born. With the discovery of the numerous manuscripts of ancient historians during the renaissance his figure became less elevated and more devious. In the 20th century he was the primary example of leadership in fascist Italy, and Ronald Syme detected the dangers lurking from the huge celebration of the 2000th year of his birth led by Mussolini.

Octavian, Augustus, Roman history, 2000th anniversary of Augustus’ death

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