#ausonia

• Ausonia — The mythical and poetic name given in antiquity to the region inhabited by the Ausonians, later extended in classical Greek and Latin literature as a solemn designation for all of Italy. In astronomy, it denotes a large main-belt asteroid (63 Ausonia), discovered in 1861.
• Ausonia — An ancient, literary, or poetic designation historically used to denote central and southern Italy, or the entire Italian Peninsula; the name originates from the Ausones, an ancient tribe inhabiting these regions before the rise of Rome.