History & Politics
Caesares: Quatrains VIII. — Otho
Translated by Hugh G. Evelyn-White (1919–21) · From Book XIV. — Ausonius on the Twelve Caesars
History & Politics
Like to wield a sceptre vying with unclean Nero, Otho is cut off and o'er whelmed by swift destruction. Yet for his end shall he be deserving praise, who by an honourable death did this one noble deed — he died.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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Ausonius, Decimus Magnus. “Caesares: Quatrains VIII. — Otho.” Translated by Hugh G. Evelyn-White. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/ausonius/166/.
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Ausonius, Decimus Magnus. “Caesares: Quatrains VIII. — Otho.” Translated by Hugh G. Evelyn-White. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/ausonius/166/.
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