Monumentum Ancyranum

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Monumentum Ancyranum is the monumental Latin and Greek inscription in Ankara preserving the Res Gestae Divi Augusti, a key primary source on the reign and achievements of the first Roman emperor, Augustus.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient Roman inscription ⓘ
epigraphic monument ⓘ
inscription ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Ankara inscription ⓘ
Monumentum Ancyranum Ancyrae ⓘ
Temple of Augustus and Rome inscription ⓘ
associatedWith Roman Empire ⓘ
city of Ancyra ⓘ
province of Galatia ⓘ
commissionedBy Augustus ⓘ
contains account of Augustus’ building projects ⓘ
account of Augustus’ military campaigns ⓘ
account of Augustus’ public benefactions ⓘ
list of Augustus’ offices and honors ⓘ
currentCondition partially preserved ⓘ
dedicatedTo Augustus ⓘ
describedAs queen of inscriptions ⓘ
discoveredBy Ogier Ghiselin de Busbecq ⓘ
discoveryCentury 16th century ⓘ
genre autobiographical inscription ⓘ
political propaganda text ⓘ
historicalRegion Ancyra ⓘ
Galatia ⓘ
importance key primary source for the reign of Augustus ⓘ
major source for Augustan ideology ⓘ
major source for early Roman Empire history ⓘ
inscribedOn walls of the Temple of Augustus and Rome in Ankara ⓘ
inscriptionType bilingual inscription ⓘ
public monumental inscription ⓘ
language Greek ⓘ
Latin ⓘ
locatedIn Ankara ⓘ
Temple of Augustus and Rome, Ankara ⓘ
Turkey ⓘ
material stone ⓘ
partOf corpus of Roman imperial inscriptions ⓘ
preservesTextOf Res Gestae Divi Augusti ⓘ
relatedWork Pisidian copies of the Res Gestae ⓘ
Res Gestae Divi Augusti ⓘ
script Greek alphabet ⓘ
Latin alphabet ⓘ
studiedInDiscipline Roman archaeology ⓘ
ancient history ⓘ
classics ⓘ
epigraphy ⓘ
subject achievements of Augustus ⓘ
reign of Augustus ⓘ
timePeriod early 1st century AD ⓘ
usedAsSourceBy modern historians of Rome ⓘ

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Ancyra → inscriptionFamousFor → Monumentum Ancyranum ⓘ
Ἄγκυρα → hasArchaeologicalSite → Temple of Augustus and Rome in Ankara ⓘ
linked to: Monumentum Ancyranum
Monumentum Ancyranum → alsoKnownAs → Monumentum Ancyranum Ancyrae ⓘ
linked to: Monumentum Ancyranum
Temple of Augustus and Rome → hasLatinName → Monumentum Ancyranum ⓘ
Temple of Augustus and Rome → hasPart → Monumentum Ancyranum inscription ⓘ
linked to: Monumentum Ancyranum
Ankara inscription → hasLatinName → Monumentum Ancyranum ⓘ
Ankara inscription → hasName → Monumentum Ancyranum ⓘ
Temple of Augustus and Rome, Ankara → hasPart → Monumentum Ancyranum inscription ⓘ
linked to: Monumentum Ancyranum