Monumentum Ancyranum: The Deeds of Augustus

This volume brings the celebrated Monumentum Ancyranum—the public record of Augustus’s own achievements—into clear English for modern readers. Alongside a faithful Latin and Greek transcription, the book offers a readable translation, concise notes, and corrections to earlier editions that were riddled with typographical errors. The editor’s footnotes explain textual variants and incorporate the latest scholarship, making the work useful both in the classroom and for independent study.

The inscription was first recorded in the sixteenth century when a diplomatic mission uncovered a copy on the walls of a ruined temple at Ancyra, a site that later served as a church and then a mosque. By assembling all known studies since Mommsen’s 1883 critical edition, this book presents a more complete and accessible picture of the emperor’s self‑portrait in stone. Readers interested in Roman history, epigraphy, or the political propaganda of the early empire will find it an invaluable reference.