Bunson

Bunson (1994), 145. The highly productive agricultural land of Egypt yielded enormous revenues that were available to Augustus and his successors to pay for public works and military expeditions, as well as bread and circuses for the population of Rome.

Bunson (1994), 404. Citizens of Rome and Italy paid indirect taxes, while direct taxes were exacted from the provinces.

Bunson (1994), 427. The Via Labicana Augustus —Augustus as Pontifex Maximus Augustus was granted sole imperium within the city of Rome itself, in addition to being granted proconsular imperium maius and tribunician authority for life.

Bunson (1994), 47. Historians are able to analyze existing letters penned by Augustus to others for additional facts or clues about his personal life.

Bunson (1994), 80. Julius Caesar had been granted similar powers, wherein he was charged with supervising the morals of the state.

Bunson, Vampire Encyclopedia, p. 200. The Persians were one of the first civilizations to have tales of blood-drinking demons: creatures attempting to drink blood from men were depicted on excavated pottery shards.

Matthew Bunson, A Dictionary of the Roman Empire (Oxford University Press, 1995), p. 246. Women, slaves, and children all participated in a range of religious activities.