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A Short Biography of Claudian

Author Name:

Claudian

Born As:

Claudius Claudianus, Anglicized as Claudian.

Other Names:

Claudian Claudian

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Court poet to the Emperors Honorius and Stilicho                          
Selected Works:

Panegyricus dictus Probino et Olybrio consulibus
De raptu Proserpinae - unfinished epic, 3 books completed
In Rufinum - "Against Rufinus"
De Bello Gildonico - "On the Gildonic revolt"
In Eutropium - "Against Eutropius"
Fescennina / Epithalamium de Nuptiis Honorii Augusti
Panegyricus de Tertio Consulatu Honorii Augusti
Panegyricus de Quarto Consulatu Honorii Augusti
Panegyricus de Consulatu Flavii Manlii Theodori
De Consulatu Stilichonis
Panegyricus de Sexto Consulatu Honorii Augusti
De Bello Gothico - "On the Gothic War" of 402-403
Lesser poems: Phoenix, Epithalamium Palladio et Celerinae; de Magnete; de Crystallo cui aqua inerat                          
                          
                          
His most important non-political work is an unfinished epic, De raptu Proserpinae, whose three extant books are believed to have been written in 395 and 397.