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Advising that the empire should not be extended beyond its present frontiers.’ (Tacitus)With reference to the evidence of Res Gestae and Suetonius Augustus, to what extent did Augustus adhere to this principle during his lifetime?
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CLASSICAL CIVILISATION AS COURSEWORK: 'Augustus had written all this out in his own hand. Furthermore, he had added a clause advising that the empire should not be extended beyond its present frontiers.' (Tacitus) With reference to the evidence of Res Gestae and Suetonius Augustus, to what extent did Augustus adhere to this principle during his lifetime? Suetonius claims it was a defensive and un ambitious general policy, saying that Augustus never wantonly invaded any country, and "felt no temptation to increase the boundaries of the Empire or enhance his military glory", Suet 21. However, in Suetonius there is also overwhelming evidence of the opposite. It is frequently found in Suetonious that he appears to record much that is contradictory or plainly gossip and not fact and must be studied with a certain degree of scepticism. The historian P. A. Brunt takes the opposite, and I feel correct, view as the poets all speak...
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