Analysis Of Augustus Res Gestae

Baylar Valiyev
Look at the extracts from Augustus’ Res Gestae, the images from Augustus’ regime, and the extracts from Tacitus’ Annals. How much do these sources tell us about the Augustan regime? The civil war, which had happened before the Augustan regime came to the power, made Rome weak, divided the army into different parties. Civil war is the worst situation in each state. In that situation, many leaders appear in the country and fight with one another and try to be the only leader in the country. Augustus’ Res Gestae and recordings of Tacticus show us Octavian August was the leader who after the civil war, unified country, restrained the army, and changed the political structure of the state.
According to Augustus’ Res
He paid people money too. “He first impressed the army by bonuses, the population by cheapened corn…” However, it is not enough to pay only money. August not only paid money, but also implemented some restoration in some cities of the country. We see from his writings theater, drama, agriculture, and transportation developed before the August regime in Rome and probably because of wars Capitol, theater of Pompey, channels of the aqueducts were damaged. He restored channels of the aqueducts, bridges, theater of Pompey. It’s controversial question that he did this because he has a good personality, likes theater, takes care of agriculture or want to calm down people and increase his followers. As a dictator, probably he did to calm down people. “I restored the Capitol and the theater of Pompey, both works at great expense without inscribing my own name on either. I restored the channels of the aqueducts, which in several places were falling into disrepair through age, and I brought water from a new spring into the aqueduct called Marcia, doubling the supply…In my seventh consulship, I restored the Via Flaminia (a major road) from the city as far as Rimini, together with all the