![]() ![]() ![]() The suppression of revolts is the next page from the book of Augustus’ military glory. ![]() After the victory, the next of significant points was turning Egypt into one Roman province, with further cleaning out of Nile Delta to increase province’s fertility. Suetonius describes it as “the most dangerous campaign”, which was twice interrupted by two storms that wrecked the fleets and Pompeians’ success in cutting Augustus grain supply. Among his merits, the eight years Sicilian War is worth of special attention. As we are able to learn, Augustus’ was a truly outstanding military chief. However, some general thinking allows to pick the next points.Īppropriate part seems to be the longest one in comparison to others dedicated to Augustus’ successes. Practically, the same can be said about Everitt’s “The Life of Rome’s First Emperor Augustus”. At second, interest of readers should also be considered. At first, it mentioned assigned reading worth to be called a treaty totally dedicated to praising of Augustus’ greatness, thus, readers are not able to get objective estimation of advantages and disadvantages of Emperor’s achievements. Thinking about the greatest achievements of Augustus, it is pretty difficult to identify them, from the entire list presented in Suetonius’ “The Twelve Ceasars”. There is a talk about the First Emperor Augustus. To begin with, given assignment allows us to learn a lot about one of the most significant figures in the entire humans’ history. ![]()
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