Social Commentaries
Book V, Epigram 8 (Ker)
Translated by Walter C. A. Ker (1919–20) · From Epigrams (Loeb, 1919–20)
The edict of our master and god, whereby the seating has been made more definite and knights have got back their ranks uncontaminated, Pliasis was lately approving in the theatre, Phasis glowing in a purple mantle; and he was proudly boasting with swelling words: "At length can we sit more conveniently, now the knightly dignity has been restored; we are not elbowed or besmirched by the mob." While, lolling back, he made these and similar remarks, Leitus commanded that purple and arrogant mantle to get up.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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