But that Ausonius himself called his poems “idyls” is highly doubtful.
From Trier to Toulouse he made his way with ease by river and by road, and it might be Ausonius again.
Other lovers, like Ausonius and Apollinaris Sidonius, were pedantic imitators.
Valentinian I. is said to have emulated Ausonius in licentious poetry.
Ausonius has seen the Germans overrun Gaul once, but he never speaks of a danger that may recur.
