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Epigram CXI. — The Same

by Decimus Magnus Ausonius c. AD 310 – c. 395

Translated by Hugh G. Evelyn-White (1919–21) · From Book XIX. — Epigrams of Ausonius on Various Matters

Living

This is Silvius Good, but the same Silvius is a Briton: a plainer thing — believe me — is a bad Briton.

MLA

Ausonius, Decimus Magnus. “Epigram CXI. — The Same.” Translated by Hugh G. Evelyn-White. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/ausonius/308/.

Chicago

Ausonius, Decimus Magnus. “Epigram CXI. — The Same.” Translated by Hugh G. Evelyn-White. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/ausonius/308/.

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