History & Politics
Caesares: Quatrains I. — Julius Caesar
Translated by Hugh G. Evelyn-White (1919–21) · From Book XIV. — Ausonius on the Twelve Caesars
That command which once had been the yearly privilege of consuls twain, Julius Caesar grasped. But brief was his kingly sway, wielded for but three years: ruthless conspiracy of citizens in arms struck it down.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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Ausonius, Decimus Magnus. “Caesares: Quatrains I. — Julius Caesar.” Translated by Hugh G. Evelyn-White. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/ausonius/159/.
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Ausonius, Decimus Magnus. “Caesares: Quatrains I. — Julius Caesar.” Translated by Hugh G. Evelyn-White. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/ausonius/159/.
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