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This article is about the Roman poet Ausonius. For John Ausonius, the Swedish murderer, see John Ausonius.
.
Decimus Magnus Ausonius (ca.
310-395), was a
Latin literature poet and
rhetorician, born at Burdigala (Bordeaux).
Biography
Decimus Magnus Ausonius was born in
Bordeaux in ca. 310. His father was a noted physician of
Greeks ancestry Harvard Magazine, Harvard Alumni Association, University of Michigan, p.2 The Cambridge History of Classical Literature, Edward John Kenney, Cambridge University Press, p.16 and his mother was descended on both sides from long-established aristocratic families of southwestern
Gaul The Cambridge History of Classical Literature, Edward John Kenney, Cambridge University Press, p.16 . Ausonius was given a strict upbringing by his aunt and grandmother, both named Aemilia. He received an excellent education, especially in grammar and rhetoric, but professed that his progress in classical Greek was unsatisfactory. Having completed his studies, he trained for some time as an advocate, but he preferred teaching. In
334, he established a school of rhetoric in Bordeaux, which was very popular. His most famous pupil was
St. Paulinus of Nola, who later became Bishop of Nola.
After thirty years of this work, he was summoned by Valentinian I to the imperial court, to teach Gratianus, the heir-apparent. The prince greatly respected his tutor, and after his accession bestowed on him the highest titles and honours that any Roman (besides from the royal family) could attain, culminating in the consulate in 379. Ausonius also took part in a military campaign against the Alamanni, in
375, and then later he received the Suebian slave girl Bissula as his part of the booty; he later addressed a poem to her.
After the murder of Gratian in
383, Ausonius retired to his estates near
Burdigala (now Bordeaux) in Gaul. These supposedly included the land now owned by Château Ausone, which takes its name from him. He appears to have been a late and perhaps not very enthusiastic convert to
Christianity. He died about 395.
Works
Although much admired by his contemporaries, the writings of Ausonius have not since been ranked among Latin literature's best. His style is easy and fluent, and his
Mosella is still widely appreciated for its description of life and scenery along the
River Moselle. Overall, however, he is generally considered derivative and unoriginal.
Edward Gibbon observed in the third volume of his
Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire that "the poetical fame of Ausonius condemns the taste of his age."
However, he is frequently cited by historians of winemaking, as his works give early evidence of large-scale viniculture in the now-famous wine country around his native Bordeaux.
De rosis nascentibus (also titled
Idyllium de rosis) is attributed to Ausonius or Virgil and contains the well-known phrase
collige virgo rosas ("pick, girl, the roses"), a theme repeated in later literature encouraging enjoying youth to the fullest, similar to Horace's
carpe diem.
See also
- Château Ausone
- French wine
- List of wine personalities
- Ausones, Ausonia
External links
- Works by Ausonius at the Internet Archive
- Latin text of Mosella and the Septem Sententiae
- Ausonius' Opera Omnia: IntraText Digital Library
References
Notes
This article is about the Roman poet Ausonius. For John Ausonius, the Swedish murderer, see John Ausonius.
.
Decimus Magnus Ausonius (ca.
310-
395), was a Latin literature poet and rhetorician, born at Burdigala (
Bordeaux).
Biography
Decimus Magnus Ausonius was born in
Bordeaux in ca. 310. His father was a noted physician of Greeks ancestry Harvard Magazine, Harvard Alumni Association, University of Michigan, p.2 The Cambridge History of Classical Literature, Edward John Kenney, Cambridge University Press, p.16 and his mother was descended on both sides from long-established aristocratic families of southwestern Gaul The Cambridge History of Classical Literature, Edward John Kenney, Cambridge University Press, p.16 . Ausonius was given a strict upbringing by his aunt and grandmother, both named Aemilia. He received an excellent education, especially in grammar and rhetoric, but professed that his progress in
classical Greek was unsatisfactory. Having completed his studies, he trained for some time as an advocate, but he preferred teaching. In
334, he established a school of rhetoric in Bordeaux, which was very popular. His most famous pupil was St. Paulinus of Nola, who later became
Bishop of Nola.
After thirty years of this work, he was summoned by
Valentinian I to the imperial court, to teach Gratianus, the heir-apparent. The prince greatly respected his tutor, and after his accession bestowed on him the highest titles and honours that any Roman (besides from the royal family) could attain, culminating in the consulate in
379. Ausonius also took part in a military campaign against the Alamanni, in 375, and then later he received the
Suebian slave girl Bissula as his part of the booty; he later addressed a poem to her.
After the murder of Gratian in
383, Ausonius retired to his estates near Burdigala (now Bordeaux) in Gaul. These supposedly included the land now owned by
Château Ausone, which takes its name from him. He appears to have been a late and perhaps not very enthusiastic convert to Christianity. He died about
395.
Works
Although much admired by his contemporaries, the writings of Ausonius have not since been ranked among
Latin literature's best. His style is easy and fluent, and his
Mosella is still widely appreciated for its description of life and scenery along the River Moselle. Overall, however, he is generally considered derivative and unoriginal. Edward Gibbon observed in the third volume of his
Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire that "the poetical fame of Ausonius condemns the taste of his age."
However, he is frequently cited by historians of winemaking, as his works give early evidence of large-scale viniculture in the now-famous wine country around his native Bordeaux.
De rosis nascentibus (also titled
Idyllium de rosis) is attributed to Ausonius or
Virgil and contains the well-known phrase
collige virgo rosas ("pick, girl, the roses"), a theme repeated in later literature encouraging enjoying youth to the fullest, similar to
Horace's
carpe diem.
See also
- Château Ausone
- French wine
- List of wine personalities
- Ausones, Ausonia
External links
- Works by Ausonius at the Internet Archive
- Latin text of Mosella and the Septem Sententiae
- Ausonius' Opera Omnia: IntraText Digital Library
References
Notes
Ausonius - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Decimus Magnus Ausonius (ca. 310-395) was a Latin poet and rhetorician, born at Burdigala (Bordeaux).
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