History & Politics
Caesares: Quatrains XVII. — M. Antoninus
Translated by Hugh G. Evelyn-White (1919–21) · From Book XIV. — Ausonius on the Twelve Caesars
Next, charge of the state is given to Marcus, who, nobler than his father Pius, applied Plato's maxims to the task of empire. Dying with a natural heir but an abandoned prince, the only wrong he did his country was to have had a son.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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Ausonius, Decimus Magnus. “Caesares: Quatrains XVII. — M. Antoninus.” Translated by Hugh G. Evelyn-White. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/ausonius/175/.
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Ausonius, Decimus Magnus. “Caesares: Quatrains XVII. — M. Antoninus.” Translated by Hugh G. Evelyn-White. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/ausonius/175/.
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