History & Politics
Book XVI, 63: On the Same
Translated by W. R. Paton (1916–18) · From The Greek Anthology (Loeb, vol. V, 1918)
History & Politics
The bronze from the Assyrian spoils moulded the horse and the monarch and Babylon perishing. This is Justinian, whom Julianus, holding the balance of the East, erected, his own witness to his slaying of the Persians.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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