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Journal Article
Annos undeviginti natus: Augustus' Assumption of Power
2024
Overview
This essay argues that the statement by Augustus at the head of the Res Gestae about his age at the inception of his power has been mistakenly translated to make him nineteen years old. By considering other cases where known ages can be checked against the use of the formula annos natus, it can be shown that the standard Roman mode of computing age by counting inclusively applies in this instance as it does in all others. In his Res Gestae, Augustus deliberately presented himself as assuming power directly upon the decease of his adoptive father when he initiated his actions as a privatus to save the res publica.
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Franz Steiner Verlag
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