1. Prose: The only extant specimen is his Gratiarum Actio to Gratianus for the Consulship.
2. Verse: Of this we have much: it has little value as poetry, but in point of contents and diction it is interesting and valuable. Some of his Epigrammata and Epitaphia are worth preserving, but his claim to rank as a poet rests on his Mosella, a beautiful description of the R. Moselle, which is worthy to be compared with Pliny’s description of the R. Clitumnus (Ep. viii. 8).
‘In virtue of this poem Ausonius ranks not merely as the last, or all but the last, of Latin, but as the first of French poets.’—Mackail.
[ GAIUS JULIUS CAESAR, 102 (or 100?)-44 B.C.]
1. Important Events in Caesar’s Life.
CAESAR.
B.C. 102. Gaius Julius Caesar, nephew of Marius, born July 12th.
„ 83. Marries Cornelia, daughter of Cinna, the friend of Marius.
B.C. 81-78. Served with distinction in Asia.
„ 76. Studies oratory at Rhodes.