Nicolaus of Damascus, a Greek scholar at the court of Herod the Great, knew Augustus personally and wrote about his early life. The surviving fragments follow Octavius as a boy and young man, his place in Caesar’s household, the conspiracy and assassination on the Ides of March, and his first moves against Antony. Clayton Morris Hall’s translation comes with a detailed commentary.
A rare eyewitness-era source on the birth of the Roman Empire, for serious readers of ancient history. Download the free EPUB.