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Virgil - AO3
-Famous for the Aeneid
-Aeneid is sometimes seen as a piece of propaganda -The Aenied contains praise for both Octavian and Caesar
-The Aenied contains praise for both Octavian and Caesar
Horace
-Praised August's work
-Presents Augustus as a divine figure
Propertius
-Poems praise Octavian
-Many think he is only praising him because it disguises his dislike for him
Velleius Paterculus
-Alive at end of Augustus' rein
-Supporter of both Augustus and Tiberius
-Not alive at battle of Actium
-Very biased in Octavian
Plutarch
-Greek Biographer
-No military Experience
-Wrote 100 years after Actium
-Interested in character/personality
-Loves good story
-Likes his story's to have a moral lesson
Suetonius
-Roman Biographer
-Writing 150 years after Actium
-Interested in character and story
-Caesar and Augustus are seemed to be favoured
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