Ehrenberg, Victor

"In this book is assembled for the first time a representative collection of contemporary documents, dating from 43 B.C. to A.D. 37 -- inscriptions, coins, papyri, and a few official pieces incorporated in literary texts -- many of which have hitherto been buried in periodicals not readily accessible. It includes the 'Res Gestae Divi Augusti'; a synopsis of the consular 'fasti' and of the calendars of the two reigns; an almost complete collection of laws, 'senatusconsulta', and imperial edicts and letters; and a wide selection of other documents to illustrate such topics as the imperial family, the imperial cult, the senatorial and equestrian orders, the army and the navy, and the cities of the empire. The collection will be indispensable to all students of the early principate, and particularly useful in university." [Book jacket].