History & Politics
Book XV, 43: On the Same
Translated by W. R. Paton (1916–18) · From The Greek Anthology (Loeb, vol. V, 1918)
Constantinus deserved a golden gift for his merit, for his art has produced none like to him. While yet a youth he overcame the celebrated drivers, and in his old age showed that the young were his inferiors. The people and the Emperor, reverencing him even after his death, set up his statue by a decree that will ever be remembered.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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