[289] Spoliis Orientis onustum. For similar compliments to Augustus as conqueror of the East, see G. 2. 171., 4. 560, A. 8. 724 foll. Serv. mentions another reading, ‘honestum,’ which would easily arise from the spelling ‘honustum,’ frequently found in old MSS.
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