History & Politics
Caesares: Quatrains VI. — Nero
Translated by Hugh G. Evelyn-White (1919–21) · From Book XIV. — Ausonius on the Twelve Caesars
History & Politics
Sixth and last heir of Aeneas' race, Nero defiled and ended the rites of the Julian family. For every name that natural kinship bears, his life also shows a sin. Read them in Tranquillus: but to recall them disgusts.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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MLA
Ausonius, Decimus Magnus. “Caesares: Quatrains VI. — Nero.” Translated by Hugh G. Evelyn-White. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/ausonius/164/.
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Ausonius, Decimus Magnus. “Caesares: Quatrains VI. — Nero.” Translated by Hugh G. Evelyn-White. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/ausonius/164/.
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