Schools of Gaul in the last century of the Western Empire

by T. J. Haarhoff

[102] Lavisse, Hist. de la France, I. iii. 385.

[103] Caesar, B. G. vi. 14.

[104] iv. 1. 12.

[105] Migne, Patrologia Graeca, vii. 444.

[106] Script. Hist. Aug., Alex. Sev. 60.

[107] Auson. Prof. iv. 7; x. 27.

[108] Ausonius may be using ‘Belenus’ for ‘Apollo’ in a playful mood, as Mommsen thinks; but the name Belenus was exceedingly well known in Gaul, and indicates that Celtic civilization had left its mark. See Pauly-Wissowa, s.v.

[109] Technop. xiv.

[110] Ep. iii. 3. 2.

[111] His use of quia and quod instead of the infinitive construction; abstract for concrete nouns; the growing importance of prepositions; peculiar words like fatigatio (banter), eventilare (search through), humanitas (hospitality). See Dalton’s preface to his translation of Sidonius, and Baret’s introduction to his edition (pp. 106 ff.).