„My dear Tiberius, you must not give way to youthful emotion or take it to heart if anyone speaks ill of me; let us be satisfied if we can make people stop short at unkind words.“
Aetati tuae, mi Tiberi, noli in hac re indulgere et nimium indignari quemquam esse, qui de me male loquatur; satis est enim, si hoc habemus ne quis nobis male facere possit.
— Augustus
Suetonius, Divus Augustus, paragraph 51. Translation: Robert Graves, 1957.
„The whole of Italy swore allegiance to me.“
Iuravit in mea verba tota Italia.
— Augustus, buch Res gestae divi Augusti
XXV, 3-4. Translation by Thomas Bushnell
Res Gestae Divi Augusti
— Augustus
The grain supply to the city of Rome was a contentious political issue; in Suetonius, Divus Augustus, paragraph 42. Translation: Robert Graves, 1957.
— Augustus, buch Res gestae divi Augusti
Referring to the faction of Marcus Antonius.
Res Gestae Divi Augusti
— Augustus
Suetonius, Divus Augustus, paragraph 28.
„Ah, never to have married, and childless to have died!“
— Augustus
Quoting Homer's Iliad. Augustus was frequently disappointed in the conduct of his daughter Julia; in Suetonius, Divus Augustus, paragraph 65. Translation: Robert Graves, 1957.
Original: (el) Αἴθ᾽ ὄφελον ἄγαμός τ᾽ ἔμεναι ἄγονός τ᾽ ἀπολέσθαι.
„Goodbye, Livia; remember our marriage!“
Livia, nostri coniugii memor vive, ac vale!
— Augustus
Said to his wife Livia on his deathbed; in Suetonius, Divus Augustus, paragraph 99. Translation: Robert Graves, 1957.
— Augustus
From a speech regarding the morality laws of Lex Julia. Livy's account states the speech was plagiarized by Augustus from another by Q. Metellus (Periochae 59.9). A fragment of this original speech (quoted) is preserved by A. Gellius (Noctes Atticae 1.6).
Quelle: [http://www.unrv.com/government/julianmarri
— Augustus
Postquam bis classe victus naves perdidit, Aliquando ut vincat, ludit assidue aleam.
A popular rhyme at the time of the Sicilian war, mocking Augustus' habit of playing dice; in Suetonius, Divus Augustus, paragraph 70. Translation: Robert Graves, 1957.
