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Epigram XXIX. — To Valentinian the Younger. For a marble Statue
Translated by Hugh G. Evelyn-White (1919–21) · From Book XIX. — Epigrams of Ausonius on Various Matters
Living
Now we have made thee of marble, as our means afford: but when thine Emperor-brother is returned, be thou of gold.'
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Ausonius, Decimus Magnus. “Epigram XXIX. — To Valentinian the Younger. For a marble Statue.” Translated by Hugh G. Evelyn-White. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/ausonius/232/.
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Ausonius, Decimus Magnus. “Epigram XXIX. — To Valentinian the Younger. For a marble Statue.” Translated by Hugh G. Evelyn-White. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/ausonius/232/.
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