Prudentius
348 –413
Poet, Politician, Writer, Jurist
Lived 65 years
- Born in
- Caesaraugusta
Aurelius Prudentius Clemens ( proo-DEN-sh(ee-)əs) was a Roman Christian poet, born in the Roman province of Tarraconensis (the northern part of the Iberian Peninsula) in 348. He probably died in the Iberian Peninsula some time after 405, possibly around 413. The place of his birth is uncertain, but it may have been Caesaraugusta (Zaragoza), Tarraco (Tarragona), or Calagurris (Calahorra).
Notable works: Psychomachia, Contra Symmachum, Dittochaeon, Hamartigenia, apotheosis, Liber Peristephanon, Cathemerinon
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