Bissula
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Bissula (flourished in 4th century AD) was an Alemannic woman in the 4th century.[1][2] 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.[3][4] 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 ("About Bissula"), which he sent to his friend Paulus.[5][4]
References
- ISSN 0018-2311.
- ISSN 0392-095X.
- ISSN 1756-2279.
- ^ ISBN 978-1-315-74791-0, retrieved 2024-02-22
- ISSN 1086-3168.
Sources
- Latin text of beginning of the main part. Click on Next for the next part.
- Liebesgedichte an Bissula, a German translation by M. W. Besser, 1908
- Friedrich Marx: Ausonius 3. In: Paulys Realencyclopädie der classischen Altertumswissenschaft (RE). Band II,2, Stuttgart 1896, Sp. 2562–2580, hier Sp. 2564 und Sp. 2571.
- Felix Dahn: Gesammelte Werke. Erste Serie, Band 3. Berlin 1884.
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