What Was the Res Gestae

question 20

Multiple Choice

What was the Res Gestae?

• A)the book Augustus wrote about his life's work
• B)the Roman belief in hard work,strength,and discipline
• C)the new type of government that Diocletian established
• D)the unfinished epic poem about Caesar and Pompey by Lucan
• E)the book of epistles written and collected by Pliny the Younger

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