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This paper compares and contrasts Augustus' writings about himself in the "Res Gestae" with those of Tacitus and Dio Cassius.

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"Augustus's writing about himself in the "Res Gestae" can be compared with the writing of two other ancients, Tacitus and Dio Cassius. While Augustus's writing was essentially an epitaph that he wrote for himself in advance of his death, Tacitus and Dio Cassius were historical writers who provided alternate views on the historical time in which they lived and on Augustus himself. In the "Res Gestae", Augustus does not allow modesty to prevent him from presenting his deeds in their best light as..."

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