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Monumentum Ancyranum (5, no. 2); The Deeds of Augustus
Monumentum Ancyranum The Deeds of Augustus - 5, no. 2 Author:Augustus Volume: 5, no. 2 General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1898 Original Publisher: The Department of History of the University of Pennsylvania Subjects: Rome History / Ancient / General History / Ancient / Rome Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be... more » typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: 17 et Semnones et eiusdem tractûs alii Germânôrum popu[l] i per legâtôs amici- 18 tiam meam et populi Români petierunt. § Meo iussû et auspicio ducti sunt 19 [duo] exercitûs eôdem fere tempore in Aethiopiam et in Ar[a]biam, quae appel- 20 [latur] eudaemôn, [maxim] aeque hos[t]iumgentfs utr[iu]s- que cop[iae] 21 caesae sunt in acie et [c]om[plur]a oppida capta. In Aethiopiam usque ad o/pi- 22 dum Nabata pervent[um] est, cui proxima est Meroé. In Arabiam usque 23 în finés Sabaeorum pro[eess]it . exerc[it]us ad oppidum Ma- riba. § c. 27. 24 Aegyptum imperio populi [Ro] mani adieci. § Armeniam maiorem inter- 25 fecto rége eius Artaxe § c[u]m possem facere provinciam, mâlui niaiôrum that section, by means of legates, sought my friendship and that of the Roman people.5 By my command and under my auspices two armies at almost the same time have been led into Ethiopia and into Arabia, which is called "the Happy," and very many of the enemy of both peoples have fallen in battle, and many towns have been captured. Into Ethiopia the advance was as far as Nabata, which is next to Meroe.6 In Arabia the army penetrated as far as the confines of the Sabaei, to the town Mariba.7 c. 27. I have added Egypt to the empire of the Roman people.1 Of greater Armenia, when its king Artaxes was killed I could have made 'Strabo, VII, 2, i, describes an embassy of the Cimbri asking for "peace and amnesty." They dwelt in the end of Jutland. Cf. Ptolemy...« less