Claudian | |
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Born | c. 370 Alexandria |
Died | c. 404 |
Occupation(s) | poet, writer |
Notable work | De raptu Proserpinae |
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.[1] His work, written almost entirely in hexameters or elegiac couplets, falls into three main categories: poems for Honorius, poems for Stilicho, and mythological epic.[2]