Monumentum Ancyranum: The Deeds of AugustusAugustus, Emperor of Rome
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Monumentum Ancyranum: The Deeds of Augustus
Augustus, Emperor of Rome
Augustus, Emperor of Rome, 63 B.C.-14 A.D.; Rome -- History -- Augustus, 30 B.C.-14 A.D. -- Sources
Appian, _Illyr._ XII, XXV, XXVIII, narrates the capture of
standards by the Dalmatians from Gabinius in 706, and their restoration
to Augustus in 721. These were then placed in the Octavian portico; and
probably later transferred to the temple of Mars.
[136] The standards had been lost by Crassus and Antony. Cf. Justin,
XLII, 5, 11; Livy, _Epit._, CXLI; Suetonius, _Aug._ 21;
Vell., II, 91; Vergil, _Æn._ VII, 606; Horace, _Carm._, I,
12, 56; III, 5, 4; Dio, LIII, 33; LIV, 8; Cass. _Chron._ ad. 734;
Oros., VI, 21; Florus IV, 12; Eutropius, VII, 9. One detachment of
Antonius’ army, under L. Decidius Saxa, was exterminated in 714, and
another in 718 under Oppius Statianus. Cf. Livy, _Ep._ CXXI; Dio,
XLVIII, 24.
Tiberius received the standards from the Parthians in 734. Cf. Dio,
LIV, 8, etc.; Suet. _Tib._ 9. Eckhel, VI, 95, shows a coin with
a Parthian on bended knee presenting a standard to Augustus. Cf. also
Horace, _Epis._, I, 12, 27; Oros., VI, 21, 29; and c. 32 of the
inscription.
There were two temples of Mars Ultor, a smaller one on the Capitoline,
and a larger in the forum, dedicated in 752. The standards were removed
to the larger temple. Cf. Dio, LV, 10; Horace, _Carm._, IV, 5, 16;
_Epis._, I, 18, 56; Propertius, III, 10, 3; Ovid, _Trist._
II, 295; _Fasti_, V, 549; VI, 459.
[137] Augustus himself had fought the Pannonians in 719, 720. Cf. Dio,
XLIX, 36-38. The campaigns of Tiberius were from 742 to 745. Cf. Vell.
II, 96; Dio, LIV, 31, 34; LV, 2; Suet. _Tib._, 9.
[138] This statement varies somewhat from Dio, L, 24, who says Augustus
reached the Danube in 720, and from Suetonius, _Tib._ 16, who
assigns the complete subjection of the district to 759.
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