Claudian
370 –404
Poet, Writer
Lived 34 years
- Born in
- Alexandria
- Passed away in
- Rome
Claudius Claudianus, known in English as Claudian (Greek: Κλαυδιανός; c. 370 – c. 404 AD), was a Latin poet associated with the court of the Roman emperor Honorius at Mediolanum (Milan), and particularly with the general Stilicho. His work, written almost entirely in hexameters or elegiac couplets, falls into three main categories: poems for Honorius, poems for Stilicho, and mythological epic.
Notable works: De raptu Proserpinae, in Eutropium, de bello Gildonico, panegyricus dictus Mallio Theodoro consuli, panegyricus dictus Honorio sextum consuli, panegyricus dictus Honorio tertium consuli, Panegyricus dictus Probino et Olybrio consulibus, Panegyricus de quarto consulatu Honorii Augusti
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