Monumentum Ancyranum
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The name Monumentum Ancyranum refers to the Temple of Augustus and Rome in Ankara, Turkey, or to the inscription Res Gestae Divi Augusti, a text recounting the deeds of the first Roman emperor Augustus and the most intact copy of which is preserved on the walls of this temple.
The temple was built between 25 BC - 20 BC after the conquest of Central Anatolia by the Roman Empire and the formation of the Galatia province, with Ancyra (modern Ankara) as its administrative capital. After the death of Augustus in 14 AD, a copy of the text Res Gestae Divi Augusti was inscribed on the inside of the pronaos in Latin, whereas a Greek translation is also present on an exterior wall of the cella.
The inscriptions are the primary surviving source of the text, with the original inscription on bronze pillars in front of the Mausoleum of Augustus in Rome lost, and other copies being incomplete.
[edit] References
- Botteri P. and Fangi G. (2003). The Ancyra Project: the Temple of Augustus and Rome in Ankara, ISPRS Archives, volume XXXIV part 5/W12 Commission V, pp 84-88.
