Bissula

Bissula

Author

Ausonius

Language

Late Latin

Year

c. 370

Country

Roman Empire

Genre

Epic / Long-form / Standalone Poem

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Bissula was an Alemannic woman in the 4th century. She was captured by the Romans in 368 at the Battle of Solicinium, in the area of Württemberg, at a young age and became a slave of the Roman poet Ausonius who had participated in the campaign. Ausonius, who by then was a widower of about 60 years of age, fell in love with Bissula and released her from slavery. He wrote a poem on her, de Bissula, which he sent to his friend Paulus.