1.)Read the primary source: “Deeds of the Divine Augustus”
2.)Evaluate the primary source by answering the following questions in two or three paragraphs:
a.)Who wrote the text?
b.)Who was the author’s intended audience?
c.)What was his purpose in writing the text? Think about audience and genre.
d.)What does this text tell you about the values and daily lives of the people of ancient Rome? Give specific examples.
e.)Do the ideas and values conveyed in the text differ from today? If so, in what ways?
3.)In a concluding paragraph, you will talk about the problem of bias. Can we trust this source? If not, why? If so, to what extent?
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