在波爾多葡萄酒博物館的展覽中，得悉Ausone是古代的一位詩人。然而他的詩以拉丁文撰寫，我輩難以拜讀。
Decimus Magnus Ausonius, (born c. 310, Burdigala, Gaul [now Bordeaux, France]—died c. 395, Burdigala), Latin poet and rhetorician interesting chiefly for his preoccupation with the provincial scene of his native Gaul.
Ausonius was born in Bordeaux and taught school there for 30 years before being summoned to court to teach the future emperor Gratian. He subsequently held important public offices, returning to Bordeaux and private life after Gratian's death in 383.
His work gives a detailed picture of contemporary people and places. Mosella, a description of his journey on the Moselle River, contains his best verse. Among his other works are Parentalia, verse sketches of dead relatives; Ordo nobilium urbium, a description of 20 leading cities of the Roman world; and Ephemeris, an account of a typical day in his life. Cento gives us a taste of Ausonius’s bizarre sense of humor, and Commemorations gives a glimpse into his personal network of friends, teachers, and relatives, and into the everyday life of a wealthy provincial city.
Ausonius was nominally a Christian, although his works reveal many pagan beliefs.
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