- Source
- Ausonius, Decimus Magnus. Ausonius, Volume 1. Evelyn-White, Hugh G. (Hugh Gerard), editor. London, Cambridge, MA: William Heinemann, Ltd.; Harvard University Press, 1919.
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- CTS URN
- urn:cts:latinLit:stoa0045.stoa017.humanitext-lat2:1-24
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- Humanitext Reader · reader.humanitext.ai · 2026-10-27
The author organizes the history of eternal Rome and the names of its consuls, addressing his readers about expectations for their future consulship and the calculation of years from Rome's founding.
IGNOTA aeternae ne sint tibi tempora Romae,
Lest the times of eternal Rome be unknown to you,
regibus et patrum ducta1 sub imperiis,
times led under kings and under the commands of the fathers,
digessi fastos et nomina praepetis aevi,
I have arranged the calendars and the names of swift-flying time,
sparsa iacent Latiam si qua2 per historiam,
whatever lies scattered through Latin history;
sit tuus hic fructus, vigilatas accipe noctes:
let this be your harvest, receive the nights spent in watching:
obsequitur studio nostra lucerna tuo.
our lamp complies with your zeal.
tu quoque venturos per longum censere3 Ianos,
Do you also reckon through a long span the coming Januses,
ut mea digessit pagina praeteritos.
as my page has arranged the past ones.
exemplum iam patris habes, ut protinus et te
You already have the example of your father, so that straightway [3] also you
adgreget Ausoniis purpura consulibus.
the purple robe may add to the Ausonian consuls.
NOSTRUM
OUR RECKONING
ANNIS undecies centum coniunge quaternos,
To eleven hundred years join four,
undecies unumque super trieterida necte.4
and bind in addition a trieteris eleven times and once.
haec erit aeternae series ab origine Romae.
This will be the series from the origin of eternal Rome.
HACTENUS adscripsi fastos, si sors volet, ultra
Thus far have I written the calendars; if fate wills, further
adiciam: si non, qui legis, adicies,
I will add; if not, you who read will add,
scire cupis, qui sim? titulum, qui quartus ab imo est,
Do you wish to know who I am? The title which is fourth from the bottom
quaere: leges nomen consulis Ausonii.
seek: you will read the name of the consul Ausonius.
urbis ab aeternae deductam rege Quirino
When, Proculus, you receive the series of years
annorum seriem cum, Procule, accipies,
traced from king Quirinus of the eternal city,
mille annos centumque et bis fluxisse novenos5
you will read that a thousand and one hundred and twice nine years have flowed
consulis Ausonii nomen ad usque leges,
up to the name of the consul Ausonius;
fors erit, ut, lustrum cum se cumulaverit istis,
there will be a chance that, when a lustrum has added itself to these,
confectam Proculus signet Olympiadam.
Proculus may mark the completed Olympiad.
- 2ducta
Perfect participle modifying "tempora" (neuter plural nominative) in line 1, meaning "drawn" or "traced" of time or history.
- 4si qua
"si qua" (if any [things]) is neuter plural nominative, referring back to "fastos et nomina" or generally "whatever things" lie scattered in history.
- 7censere
Here functioning as a second-person singular imperative (or an infinitive used as an imperative in the Greek style), equivalent to "tu quoque... cense".
- 13undecies unumque super trieterida necte
"undecies unumque" (eleven times and once, i.e., 12 times) functions adverbially, meaning to bind in addition ("super necte") a "trieteris" (Greek accusative singular "trieterida", a three-year or two-year period) twelve times.
- 21mille annos centumque et bis fluxisse novenos
An accusative-with-infinitive clause ("mille annos ... fluxisse"), functioning as the object clause of the main verb "leges" (you will read [that...]) in line 22.
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