Social Commentaries
Book VII, Epigram 5 (Ker)
Translated by Walter C. A. Ker (1919–20) · From Epigrams (Loeb, 1919–20)
If thou regardest, Caesar, the longing of the people and of the Fathers, and the Latin gown's true joy, bring back our God to our urgent prayers! Albeit there comes many a letter laurel-wreathed, Rome envies her own foe; he views more near the Master of the world, and in thy countenance the barbarian finds his terror and his joy.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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