Compendium Of Roman History. Res Gestae Divi Augusti

Velleius Paterculus lived during the reigns of Augustus and Tiberius and wrote a summary of Roman history from the fall of Troy to AD 29. In AD 13â€"14 Augustus wrote an account of his public life, Res Gestae Divi Augusti, the best preserved copy of which was engraved on the walls of his temple at Ancyra (Ankara).