History & Politics
Caesares: Quatrains XVIII. — Commodus
Translated by Hugh G. Evelyn-White (1919–21) · From Book XIV. — Ausonius on the Twelve Caesars
Commodus follows next, disgraced by his battles in the arena a prince who made war with the Thracian sword. Strangled, he paid full penalty at last, when by his crimes he had revealed his mother's unfaithfulness.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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Ausonius, Decimus Magnus. “Caesares: Quatrains XVIII. — Commodus.” Translated by Hugh G. Evelyn-White. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/ausonius/176/.
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Ausonius, Decimus Magnus. “Caesares: Quatrains XVIII. — Commodus.” Translated by Hugh G. Evelyn-White. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/ausonius/176/.
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