Henning Ohst
Henning Ohst, Herzog August Bibliothek Wolfenbüttel, Germany.
Henning Ohst, Herzog August Bibliothek Wolfenbüttel, Germany.
Alongside Cicero and Pliny the Younger, Emperor Augustus has been the third important writer of private letters in the Late Republic period and the early Principate. However, his letters have only been preserved by indirect transmission, i.e., as quotations and paraphrases in the work of later authors.
Alongside Cicero and Pliny the Younger, Emperor Augustus has been the third important writer of private letters in the Late Republic period and the early Principate. However, his letters have only been preserved by indirect transmission, i.e., as quotations and paraphrases in the work of later authors.
Der Kaiser Augustus ist neben Cicero und dem jüngeren Plinius der dritte wichtige Verfasser von Privatbriefen in der Zeit der späten Republik und des frühen Prinzipats. Allerdings sind diese Briefe nur sekundär überliefert, d. h. als Zitate und Paraphrasen bei späteren Autoren erhalten.