c. AD 120

Suet. Aug.

The Life of Augustus

There are many indications that the Octavian family was in days of old a distinguished one at Velitrae; for not only was a street in the most frequented part of the town long ago called Octavian, but an altar was shown there besides, consecrated by an Octavius. This man was leader in a war with a neighbouring town, and when news of a sudden onset of the enemy was brought to him just as he chanced…Read now

Author: Suetonius
Chapters: 1-101
Translator: J. C. Rolfe

The Life of Augustus

Suetonius

translated by J. C. Rolfe