History & Politics
Caesares: Quatrains IV. — Caesar Caligula
Translated by Hugh G. Evelyn-White (1919–21) · From Book XIV. — Ausonius on the Twelve Caesars
After him, nicknamed after the soldier's boot Caesar succeeded — more cruel than that master of cruelty, with murders and incest thenceforth stained, and one who went farther than his grandfather besmirched with every vice.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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Ausonius, Decimus Magnus. “Caesares: Quatrains IV. — Caesar Caligula.” Translated by Hugh G. Evelyn-White. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/ausonius/162/.
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Ausonius, Decimus Magnus. “Caesares: Quatrains IV. — Caesar Caligula.” Translated by Hugh G. Evelyn-White. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/ausonius/162/.
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