History & Politics
Caesares: Quatrains XXIII. — Opilius Macrinus
Translated by Hugh G. Evelyn-White (1919–21) · From Book XIV. — Ausonius on the Twelve Caesars
Next Macrinus, the prince's guard, turns the sword he wore for Caesar's sake against him who gave it — even in murder sluggish. Soon with his son is he o'erthrown. Let him cease to assail treachery with sore complaints: what he suffers he deserved.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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Ausonius, Decimus Magnus. “Caesares: Quatrains XXIII. — Opilius Macrinus.” Translated by Hugh G. Evelyn-White. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/ausonius/181/.
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Ausonius, Decimus Magnus. “Caesares: Quatrains XXIII. — Opilius Macrinus.” Translated by Hugh G. Evelyn-White. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/ausonius/181/.
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