De vita Caesarum: I. Divus Iulius

I. “There are many Mariuses in this fellow Caesar.”*

Patience, the sallied denouncers of Caesar,
Sulla the tyrant is dictator elect,
Fleet-footed raptorés close on the bounty -
Soon shall we feast to his untimely demise,

Tangibly anxious he beams at the battered,
Unwavered man-child in spectacle, impugned,
Cracked at the lips and the knees and indignant,
Pursing a smile as concussion unfoots him,

It is loyal Aurelius Cotta, outraged,
Loud in the ear of the dictator elect,
Who high in his fervour snatches reprieve,
A life spared in exile - and Caius to arms;

II. Caius Caesar Captivus

Curse the gods!
Caesar is captive to bandits at sea,
Awaiting foul ransom, he swears guarantees:
“Crucifixion to a man,” and schemes,

Salience beckons,
For Caesar the captive is ransomed this day,
And with ghastly pace gathers men for the fray,
To ships, to arms, to oceanus for pay,

Vengeance ensues,
The bandit flag flown high is seen,
All hands to the sails for a victory pristine,
Wry grins about the ram as she gleams;

Crucifixes malign,
As Caesar turns away from cries,
Here fate bound by promise lies,
A hundred men on high, benign;

III. A Man of Consular Rank (incomplete)
IV. Thirteen Years' War (Sonnets XIX & XX - incomplete)
V. Imperator Perpetuo (incomplete)

* Sulla is said to have made this claim after submitting to Aurelius Cotta (and others) on the subject of Caesar's execution. Marius had been the general Sulla had defeated to take dictatorship of Rome, and Caesar's uncle.