1: Encyclopædia Britannica, inc. (n.d.). Personality and achievement of Augustus. Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved April 24, 2022, from https://www.britannica.com/biography/Augustus-Roman-emperor/Personality-and-achievement

Background: This article gives a very positive description of Augustus as a person and goes through the positives of his reign. There are also links on the page to more specific information such as his military career, empire expansion, and rise to power.

How I used it: I mostly used this in my rebuttal argument when describing the praise that Augustus gets in modern society. 

2: Livy, & Sélincourt De Aubrey. (1960). The early history of Rome. Penguin Books.

Background: Livy’s the early history of Rome tells the story of the foundings of Rome all the way to the monarchy. Livy was on Augustus’s panel of authors when he wrote this.

How I used it: I used it to show how Livy retold history in a way that victim-blamed and justified early crimes of the Romans.

3: National Geographic Society. (2018, July 3). Caesar Augustus. National Geographic Society. Retrieved April 24, 2022, from https://www.nationalgeographic.org/encyclopedia/caesar-augustus/

Background: Similar to the Britannica Website, National Geographic gives a quick synopsis of Augustus’ accomplishments throughout his reign as emperor.

How I used it: I used this to cite what accomplishments he is most known for. National Geographic was an easy and modern source to use in order to cite Augustus’s accomplishments. 

4: Suetonius, G. T., Graves, R., & Grant, M. (2006). The Twelve caesars. Penguin.

Background: Suetonius, scribe to the emperor Hadrian, writes a detailed history of the Caesars. He uses first hand and second hand accounts to write his biography.

How I used it: I used this mainly to talk about Augustus’s character. Since Suetonius is an ancient source that gets his information from other texts about Augustus or even people from the time period, Seutonius serves as great insight into Augustus as a person. I also used it to cite the early events in Augustus’s career.

5: Beard, M. (2016). Spqr: A history of ancient rome. Profile Books. 

Background: Mary Beard gives a brief history to the myths and history that made up the beginning of Rome. 

How I used it: I mainly used this source as a reference to make sure I wasn’t missing any important information about the reign of Augustus. As a modern source, it was extremely easy to follow, read, and to pull from. 

6: Gómez Héctor Carlos. (2019). The encyclopedia of the Roman Empire. Amber Books. 

Background: This s=encyclopedia details the Roman empire from Augustus to the ‘fall of the empire’

How I used it: I also mainly used this source to dive deeper into events and ideas that I read about in other sources that were more brief in their descriptions.