The	DT	O
historiographical	JJ	O
tradition	NN	O
preserved	VBN	O
in	IN	O
Nicolaus	NP	O
of	IN	O
Damascus	NP	O
,	,	O
FGrHist	NN	O
.	SENT	O

90	CD	O
F	NN	O
130	CD	O
;	:	O
Velleius	NP	B-REFAUWORK
2	CD	B-REFSCOPE
,	,	I-REFSCOPE
59	CD	I-REFSCOPE
;	:	I-REFSCOPE
Appian	NP	B-REFAUWORK
3	CD	B-REFSCOPE
,	,	I-REFSCOPE
28	CD	I-REFSCOPE
;	:	I-REFSCOPE
Dio	NP	B-REFAUWORK
45	CD	B-REFSCOPE
,	,	I-REFSCOPE
5	CD	I-REFSCOPE
;	:	I-REFSCOPE
and	CC	O
elsewhere	RB	O
knows	VBZ	O
nothing	NN	O
of	IN	O
Octavian	NP	O
's	POS	O
residence	NN	O
in	IN	O
Puteoli	NP	O
during	IN	O
April	NP	O
and	CC	O
May	NP	O
,	,	O
44	CD	O
B.	NP	O
C.	NP	O
Only	RB	O
Cicero	NP	O
's	POS	O
correspondence	NN	O
preserves	VBZ	O
this	DT	O
information	NN	O
(	(	B-REFAUWORK
Att.	NP	I-REFAUWORK
14	CD	B-REFSCOPE
,	,	I-REFSCOPE
5	CD	I-REFSCOPE
,	,	I-REFSCOPE
3	CD	I-REFSCOPE
;	:	I-REFSCOPE
14	CD	B-REFSCOPE
,	,	I-REFSCOPE
6	CD	I-REFSCOPE
,	,	I-REFSCOPE
1	CD	I-REFSCOPE
;	:	I-REFSCOPE
14	CD	B-REFSCOPE
,	,	I-REFSCOPE
10	CD	I-REFSCOPE
,	,	I-REFSCOPE
3	CD	I-REFSCOPE
)	)	I-REFSCOPE
.	SENT	I-REFSCOPE

The	DT	O
reason	NN	O
for	IN	O
its	PP$	O
absence	NN	O
in	IN	O
the	DT	O
historians	NNS	O
is	VBZ	O
not	RB	O
difficult	JJ	O
to	TO	O
discern	VB	O
:	:	O
Any	DT	O
historian	NN	O
of	IN	O
the	DT	O
earliest	JJS	O
days	NNS	O
of	IN	O
Octavian	NP	O
's	POS	O
career	NN	O
must	MD	O
have	VB	O
depended	VBN	O
on	IN	O
his	PP$	O
«	)	O
res	NN	O
gestae	NNS	O
»	(	O
.	SENT	O

The	DT	O
retreat	NN	O
to	TO	O
Campania	NP	O
fitted	VBN	O
awkwardly	RB	O
with	IN	O
the	DT	O
autobiography	NN	O
's	POS	O
portrait	NN	O
of	IN	O
a	DT	O
courageous	JJ	O
but	CC	O
inexperienced	JJ	O
heir	NN	O
.	SENT	O

The	DT	O
evidence	NN	O
suggests	VBZ	O
an	DT	O
impetuous	JJ	O
youth	NN	O
who	WP	O
trusted	VBD	O
to	TO	O
rash	VB	O
decision	NN	O
and	CC	O
so	RB	O
encountered	VBD	O
embarrassment	NN	O
.	SENT	O