History & Politics
Caesares: Quatrains XV. — Hadrian
Translated by Hugh G. Evelyn-White (1919–21) · From Book XIV. — Ausonius on the Twelve Caesars
Then Aelius succeeded, highly distinguished for the deeds of his mid-reign: repute more sinister marks its beginning and its end. He, too, is childless: with him shall be linked one to give proof how far adopted sons can excel the natural-born.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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