The Res Gestae could be considered propaganda because it was wrote by himself. Propaganda is defined as information, that is biased or misleading and used to publicize a particular point of view. This was an autobiography of his own achievements, so it could definitely be called biased. He could have wrote about himself in a way that made him sound far more greater than he actually was. More than likely, not all Romans felt that these were his achievements and that he was a great ruler. In my opinion, Augustus was a traditional Roman. I believe this because as a ruler, the first emperor of rome, he wanted to restore rome's traditional