Ausonius (Decimus Magnus), ca. 310-ca. 395 CE, a doctor's son, was
born at Burdigala (Bordeaux). After a good education in grammar and
rhetoric and a short period during which he was an advocate, he
took to teaching rhetoric in a school which he began in 334. Among
his students was Paulinus, who was afterwards Bishop of Nola; and
he seems to have become some sort of Christian himself. Thirty
years later Ausonius was called by Emperor Valentinian to be tutor
to Gratian, who subsequently as emperor conferred on him honours
including a consulship in 379. In 383, after Gratian's murder,
Ausonius retired to Bordeaux.
Ausonius's surviving works, some with deep feeling, some
composed it seems for fun, some didactic, include much poetry:
poems about himself and family, notably "The Daily Round"; epitaphs
on heroes in the Trojan War, memorials on Roman emperors, and
epigrams on various subjects; poems about famous cities and about
friends and colleagues. "The Moselle," a description of that river,
is among the most admired of his poems. There is also an address of
thanks to Gratian for the consulship.
The Loeb Classical Library edition of Ausonius is in two
volumes; the second includes "Eucharisticus" ("Thanksgiving") by
Paulinus Pellaeus.
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