Ausonius
late Roman poet
b. 310 · d. 395
Decimus Magnus Ausonius was a Roman poet and teacher of rhetoric from Burdigala, Aquitaine. For a time, he was tutor to the future Emperor Gratian, who afterwards bestowed the consulship on him. 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.
Related people
- Julius Ausonius child of · traditional
- Aemilius Magnus Arborius disciple of · traditional
- Paulinus of Nola teacher of · traditional
- Julia Dryadia sibling of · traditional
- Aemilia Melania sibling of · traditional
- Avitianus sibling of · traditional
- Attusia Lucana Sabina spouse of · traditional
Works
- Ordo urbium nobilium
- Mosella
- Cento nuptialis
- Prima Cleonei tolerata
- Griphus ternarii numeri
- Fasti 4th century
- pater ad filium
- protrepticus
- periocha Iliados
- periocha Odyssiae
- Bissula
- Caesares
- De herediolo
- ephemeris
- filius ad patrem
- epicedion in patrem
- Epitaphia
- Epigrammata
- Eclogae
- epistulae
- Oratio consulis
- Praefationes
- Genethliacos
- versus Paschales
- Chronicle
- Parentalia (Ausonius)
- Professores Burdigalenses
- Cupido cruciatus
- Precationes
- Gratiarum Actio
- On Hebrew names
- On Hebrew and Athenian names of months
- On usurpers
- On pre-Roman kings
- Ludus septem sapientum
- Technopaegnion
Places
How we know
Recorded as a historical figure.