Decimus Magnus Ausonius: professor, poet, prime minister
Ausonius (c310–c394) was born in Burdigala (Bordeaux), an important port in the Roman province of Aquitaine Gaul. He had a good education, studying Greek and.
A 19th-century Revolutionary Campaign Across The Andes
In January 1817, a band of soldiers particularly ill-suited to the cold, breathless conditions of the high Andes tramped over lofty passes from western Argentina into Chile. Not only had they little or no experience of the effects of altitude, around
