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It seems this stub is an offshoot of the wine-related entries. I would have expected to see a list of Ausonius' written works here. he is also cited (for example by Reinach) for his comments on some Gaulish language vocabulary:
Matrona nom, Gallos Belgasque intersita fines (Ausonius, Mos. 462) Divona Celtarum lingua, fons addite divis (Ausonius, Urb. xiv, 32)
I have not added this to the main article as I am unsure of the full titles of the works whose abbreviations are cited above. in fact, I came to Wikipedia looking for that information :) -- Nantonos 16:12, 31 March 2007 (UTC)
From LGBT rights in Spain:
I leave to you to judge whether Spencer is notable or rigorous enough to be mentioned. -- 84.20.17.84 11:38, 7 August 2007 (UTC)
I have PDFs of the Loeb's editions (2 vols.) of Ausonius and will see if I can come up with a list of Works. I noticed that the editor of this page reinstalled a reference that I deem not very relevant--whatever gives rise to the California Gold Rush has no bearing on Ausonius or even on his description of a mill. Moreover, and given that this is still a brief article, it places far too much emphasis on matters barely related to the man; the paragraphs on 'Saw Mill' overwhelm the other text, and the picture of a mill thus appears as filler. Now, if the editor wants to keep the irrelevant reference, that's fine, but at the very least I wanted to make this point in writing: there is much more to Ausonius than wine and the single mention of a mill, and the article as it stands does not give a very good impression of who Ausonius was or why he matters.
Michel —Preceding unsigned comment added by 207.157.121.92 ( talk) 18:32, 14 April 2008 (UTC)
I added the picture of the mill since Ausonius's brief mention of the mill is very significant, and one reason why he is remembered in the History of technology. So, far from being irrelevant, the insert is highly relevant, and makes this article much more interesting than it was before. If you have some interesting additions on his life and works, feel free to add them. Peterlewis ( talk) 19:15, 14 April 2008 (UTC)
The picture, sure--but does the Gold Rush make the life of a Latin grammarian more interesting? —Preceding
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207.157.121.92 (
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15:25, 16 April 2008 (UTC)
I have deleted the ref to the gold rush, but stand by the rest. Peterlewis ( talk) 04:47, 17 April 2008 (UTC)
I deleted or moved several of the See-also links. Here’s why:
I believe these deletions are consistent with the Wikipedia style and content guidelines, so I hope I haven’t act with impertinence.
I also corrected “Roman poet” to “Latin poet” at the top of the page. Ausonius wrote in Latin, and he was a citizen of the Roman empire, but for the 4th century something about “Roman poet” bothers me. I guess it strikes me as suppressing his distinctive regional identity. Cynwolfe ( talk) 21:36, 5 November 2008 (UTC)
First, source it: don't just give us your WP:OR thoughts. Second, it's probably going to vary from Classical to Ecclesiastical Latin and from RP to actual British to General American English: explain which you're using. Third, don't include it. It belongs at Wiktionary except in cases where the pronunciation is so unusual that bringing in IPA solves more problems than it causes. Ausonius doesn't meet that standard, unless you're trying to draw the reader's attention to the (essentially irrelevant and unhelpful) fact that its (conjectural, reconstructed) Classical pronunciation would have been something like decky-moose mag-noose ao-soon-ee-oos. — LlywelynII 18:58, 25 August 2014 (UTC)
What's going on there? He had a double praenomen because he was so great? or a double nomen because his mom was from money? or was he adopted by his maternal uncle? or what? — LlywelynII 18:58, 25 August 2014 (UTC)
"When his uncle was summoned to Constantinople to tutor one of the sons of emperor Constantine I, Ausonius accompanied him to the capital." - But Hugh G. Evelyn White, in his translation of Ausonius, writes: "About 320 A.D. he was transferred to the care of his maternal uncle, Aemilius Magnus Arborius, then professor at Toulouse, where the lad resided until his relative was summoned (c. 328 A.D.) to Constantinople, to become tutor to one of the sons of Constantine. Ausonius then returned to Bordeaux" Source
"Gratian liked and respected his tutor, and when he himself became emperor in 375 he began bestowing on Ausonius and his family the highest civil honors. That year Ausonius was made Praetorian Prefect of Gaul, campaigned against the Alemanni and received as part of his booty a slave-girl, Bissula (to whom he addressed a poem), while his father, though nearly ninety years old, was given the rank of Prefect of Illyricum." - Bet White: "Ausonius himself was raised to the splendid post of praefectus Galliarum in 378, the office being united by special arrangement with the pre- fecture of Hesperius to enable father and son to share between them the toils and rewards of both posts." The campaign against the Alemanni (Lentienses) was certainly in 378, not 375. - Eroica ( talk) 15:17, 12 November 2022 (UTC)