Chapter XV

THE EMPEROR AUGUSTUS, HIS CHARACTER AND AIMS, HIS WORK AND
FRIENDS 265

AUGUSTUS’S ACCOUNT OF HIS REIGN 293
(_From the Inscription in the Temple of Rome and Augustus
at Angora_)

INDEX 303

List of Illustrations

AUGUSTUS WITH _CORONA CIVICA_. (From the Bust in the
Vatican Museum) _Frontispiece_

THE YOUNG OCTAVIUS. (From the Bust in the Vatican
Museum) _Facing p._ 10

COIN.—_Obv._ M. Brutus. _Rev._ Two Daggers and Cap
of Liberty ” 16

” _Obv._ Head of Augustus bearded as sign of
Mourning. _Rev._ Divus Iulius ” 16

” _Obv._ Head of Agrippa. Cos. III. _i.e._ B.C.
27. _Rev._ Emblematical Figure ” 16

” _Obv._ Head of Augustus with Official Titles.
_Rev._ Head of same with Radiated Crown and
the Iulian Star ” 16

” _Obv._ Head of Sext. Pompeius. _Rev._ The same
with titles, _Præfectus Classis et oræ.
Maritimæ_ ” 16

AUGUSTUS ADDRESSING TROOPS. (From the Statue in
the Vatican) ” 108

COIN.—_Obv._ Head of Augustus. _Rev._ The Sphinx ” 130

” _Obv._ Heads of Augustus and Agrippa. _Rev._
Crocodile and Palm—_Colonia Nemausi_ (Nismes) ” 130

” _Obv._ Head of Augustus. _Rev._ Triumphal Arch
celebrating the Reconstruction of the Roads ” 130

” _Obv._ Head of Drusus. _Rev._ Trophy of Arms
taken from the Germans ” 130

” _Obv._ Head of Livia. _Rev._ Head of Iulia ” 130

ALTAR DEDICATED TO LARES OF AUGUSTUS IN B.C. 2 BY
A _MAGISTER VICI_. (Uffizi Gallery, Florence) ” 196

AUGUSTUS AS SENATOR. (From the Statue in the Uffizi
Gallery, Florence) ” 212

IULIA, DAUGHTER OF AUGUSTUS. (From the Bust in the
Uffizi Gallery, Florence) ” 234

LIVIA, WIFE OF AUGUSTUS. (From the Bust in the Uffizi
Gallery, Florence) (Page 274) ” 234

MÆCENAS. (From the Head in the Palazzo dei
Conservatori, Rome) ” 279

P. VERGILIUS MARO. (From the Bust in the Capitoline
Museum, Rome) (Page 284) ” 279