AUSONIUS DECIMUS MAGNUS

(H/B) AUSONIUS (VOLUME I)
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 consul...
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(H/B) AUSONIUS (VOLUME II)
AUSONIUS (Decimus Magnus), c. A.D. 310-c. 395, 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 the University of Bordeaux in 334. Among his pupils 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 later as Emperor conferred on him honou...
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