Plural of 'gesta,' the Latin word for deeds or exploits, often used in English historical texts to refer to documented accounts of important events or achievements.
Latin 'gestae' (plural of 'gesta,' neuter plural of past participle of 'gerere,' meaning 'to carry out'); preserved in English scholarly and historical writing.
The most famous use is 'Res Gestae Divi Augusti'—Augustus's own account of his deeds—which is one of the oldest surviving first-person historical documents from the Roman Empire.
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