The Hexæmeron of Ambrose is rather an
imitation than a translation or adaptation of that of Basil.
Basil’s Hexæmeron was translated into Latin by
Eustathius Afer (c. A.D. 440) and is said to have been also translated
by Dionysius Exiguus, the Scythian monk of the 6th C. to whom is due
our custom of dating from the Saviour’s birth.