Claudian

Introduction

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Claudian (c. 370–after 404 AD) was a Latin poet at the court of Honorius whose panegyrics and mythological poems respond closely to the politics of the late Western Empire. His verse celebrates imperial victories and attacks rivals while drawing on epic and mythic forms. Jerome preserves a substantial active corpus, including In Rufinum and De raptu Proserpinae.