History & Politics
Caesares: Quatrains XVI. — Antoninus Pius
Translated by Hugh G. Evelyn-White (1919–21) · From Book XIV. — Ausonius on the Twelve Caesars
Thereafter that Antoninus receives the sway, who by general voice and by decree was called Pius, bearing a title which proclaims his worth. Fate gives him no son; but after the custom of his house he took from his country one to rule his country.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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Ausonius, Decimus Magnus. “Caesares: Quatrains XVI. — Antoninus Pius.” Translated by Hugh G. Evelyn-White. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/ausonius/174/.
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Ausonius, Decimus Magnus. “Caesares: Quatrains XVI. — Antoninus Pius.” Translated by Hugh G. Evelyn-White. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/ausonius/174/.
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