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Ausonius

310 - 395

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Decimius Magnus Ausonius (; c. 310 – c. 395) was a Roman poet and teacher of rhetoric from Burdigala, Aquitaine (now Bordeaux, France). 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ausonius has received more than 225,359 page views. His biography is available in 39 different languages on Wikipedia. Ausonius is the 589th most popular writer (up from 637th in 2019), the 701st most popular biography from France (up from 721st in 2019) and the 97th most popular French Writer.

Ausonius was a late Roman poet and orator. He is most famous for his poem "Mosella," which is an account of a journey along the Moselle River.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Ausonius ranks 589 out of 5,755. Before him are Gustav Meyrink, August Wilhelm Schlegel, Eduardo Galeano, Philip Larkin, Thomas Wolfe, and Ferenc Molnár. After him are Tirso de Molina, Arthur Koestler, Samuel Butler, Eugène Sue, Michael Crichton, and Samuel Johnson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 310, Ausonius ranks 2. Before him is Pope Liberius. After him are Apollinaris of Laodicea, Egeria, Antipope Eulalius, Proclus of Constantinople, Pope Theophilus of Alexandria, Jovinus, Gaius Marius Victorinus, Count Theodosius, Maximus of Ephesus, and Pacian. Among people deceased in 395, Ausonius ranks 4. Before him are Theodosius I, Gregory of Nyssa, and Ammianus Marcellinus. After him are Rufinus and Macarius of Alexandria.

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In France

Among people born in France, Ausonius ranks 701 out of 6,011. Before him are Roger Garaudy (1913), Catherine Labouré (1806), Jean Meslier (1664), François Guizot (1787), Nadia Boulanger (1887), and Maurice Gamelin (1872). After him are Isabella of Angoulême (1188), Louis I, Duke of Bourbon (1279), Louise of Savoy (1476), Eugène Sue (1804), Aristide Maillol (1861), and Louis Philippe I, Duke of Orléans (1725).

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Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Ausonius ranks 97. Before him are Paul Claudel (1868), Camille Flammarion (1842), Marie-Antoine Carême (1784), Alfred Jarry (1873), Alain Robbe-Grillet (1922), and Bernard Gui (1261). After him are Eugène Sue (1804), Pierre Loti (1850), Pierre Choderlos de Laclos (1741), Maurice Blanchot (1907), Edmond Rostand (1868), and Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin (1755).

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