Monumenta fatiscunt: mors etiam saxis nominibusque venit. - Ausonius

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Monumenta fatiscunt:
mors etiam saxis nominibusque venit.

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Decimus Magnus Ausonius (c. 310 – c. 395) was a Gallo-Roman poet, rhetorician and consul.

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Native Name: Decimus Magnus Ausonius

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