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Moselle.
Ausonius
Late Roman poet
This article is about the Roman poet. For the Swedish murderer, see John Ausonius.
Decimius Magnus Ausonius[1] (; c. 310 – c. 395) was a Roman poet and teacher of rhetoric from Burdigala, Aquitaine (now Bordeaux, France).
For a time, he was tutor to the future Emperor Gratian, who afterwards bestowed the consulship on him.
Hesperius ausonius biography
His best-known poems are Mosella, a description of the River Moselle, and Ephemeris, an account of a typical day in his life. His many other verses show his concern for his family, friends, teachers and circle of well-to-do acquaintances and his delight in the technical handling of meter.
Biography
Decimius Magnus Ausonius was born c. 310 in Burdigala (now Bordeaux), the son of Julius Ausonius (c. 290 – 378), a physician of Greek ancestry,[2][3] and Aemilia Aeonia, daughter of Caecilius Argicius Arborius, descended on both sides from established, land