Res Gestae Divi Augusti (The Deeds of the Divine Augustus)[1]is an account of the life and accomplishments of Caesar Augustus, the first Roman emperor. It was intended as a funerary inscription and was disseminated throughout the Roman Empire after the emperor’s death in 14 C.E. The author of Res Gestae was Augustus himself, and in …
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Source Analysis: Terracotta Army
Explanation: In the World History to 1500 class in which I’m currently enrolled, there are two source analysis assignments. Here’s the first, on the Terra Cotta Army of Qin Shi-Huang. I used Mary Lynn’s Rampolla’s guides for source analysis from her Pocket Guide to Writing History. ====== Discovered in 1974, the Terracotta Army of Emperor …
Inevitable Historicity 