<a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Plaque" class="mw-redirect" title="Plaque">Plaque</a> iscribed with the poetry devoted from the Latin poet <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Ausonius" class="mw-redirect" title="Ausonius">Ausonius</a> to <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Milan" class="mw-redirect" title="Milan">Milan</a> (then capital of the <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Roman_Empire" class="mw-redirect" title="Roman Empire">Roman Empire</a> in his <i>Ordo nobilium urbium</i>. The plaque possibily comes from a previous Monument to Ausonius standing on the façade of the <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Scuole_palatine_a_Milano" class="mw-redirect" title="Scuole palatine a Milano">Palace of the palatine schools</a>, in <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Piazza_Mercanti_a_Milano" class="mw-redirect" title="Piazza Mercanti a Milano">Piazza Mercanti</a> ("Merchant square"), in the place where the <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Monument_to_Ausonius_(Milan)" title="Category:Monument to Ausonius (Milan)">more recent monument</a> can be seen today. The plaque stands before the entrance to the <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Museo_d%27arte_antica_(Milan)" title="Category:Museo d'arte antica (Milan)">Ancient History Museum in the Castello sforzesco</a>. Picture by <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:G.dallorto" title="User:G.dallorto">Giovanni Dall'Orto</a>, September 24 2007.
Picture by <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:G.dallorto" title="User:G.dallorto">Giovanni Dall'Orto</a>,
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