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Claudian
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Claudius Claudianus, known in English as Claudian (Greek: Κλαυδιανός; ), 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.
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Claudian, also known as Claudius Claudianus, was a male poet and writer of the Low Roman Empire. Born in Alexandria around 370, he held citizenship in Ancient Rome and belonged to the Claudia gens. He wrote in Latin and Ancient Greek and adhered to the Gallo-Roman religion.
His notable works include *Raptus Proserpinae*, *The rape of Proserpine from Claudian*, *Cl. Clavdiani poetae celeberrimi Opera*, *Carmina ex recognitione Barnabae Celsani*, and *Oeuvres complètes de Claudien*. He is described by sources such as the Nordisk familjebok, Pauly–Wissowa, Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, and The Nuttall Encyclopædia. Claudian died in Rome in 404.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- ca. 370
- Died
- 404
- Works
- 74
Top works
- Cl. Clavdiani poetae celeberrimi Opera
- Carmina ex recognitione Barnabae Celsani
- Raptus Proserpinae
- The rape of Proserpine from Claudian
- Oeuvres complètes de Claudien
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Key facts
- Person.name
- Claudian
- Person.birth_place
- Alexandria, Roman Empire
- Person.occupation
- poet, writer
- Person.notable_works
- De raptu Proserpinae
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Ancient Rome
- Place of birth
- Alexandria
- Place of death
- Rome
- Occupation
- writer
- Languages spoken
- Ancient Greek
- Religion
- Gallo-Roman religion
- Image
- Luca Signorelli - Claudian - WGA21239.jpg
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- date of birth
- 0370-00-00
- date of death
- 0404-00-00
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
- time period
- Low Roman Empire
- gens
- Claudia gens
- writing language
- Ancient Greek
- P8168
- Bolshaya Tueska
- P12749
- Armin Hary
- P13311
- Jacques Cartier
- Commons category
- Claudius Claudianus
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Works in European collections
36 objects attributed to Claudian, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
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Cl. Claudiani Proserpinae raptus : cum Iani Parrhasii commentariis ab castigatis et auctis accessione multarum rerum cognitu dignarum
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Claudianus De raptu Proserpinae
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Claudiani in Rufinum et alia
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Claudii Claudianii Opera, quae extant, omnia, ad membranarum veterum fidem castigata [Texto impreso]
Cl. Claudiani Quae existant ...
Cl. Claudiani, principum, heroumque poetae praegloriosissimi, quae exstant, Caspar Barthius ope septemdecim manuscriptorum exemplarium restituit commentario mvlto locvpletiore, grammatico, critico, philologo, historico, philosophico, politicoque, ita illustravit : vt avctor pretiosissimvs omni aetati ..
Cl. Claudiani, principum, heroumque poetae praegloriosissimi, quae exstant, Caspar Barthius ope septemdecim manuscriptorum exemplarium restituit commentario mvlto locvpletiore, grammatico, critico, philologo, historico, philosophico, politicoque, ita illustravit : vt avctor pretiosissimvs omni aetati ..
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Encyclopedic overview
8 sectionsContents
- Life
- As poet
- Works
- Editions and translations
- See also
- References
- Further reading
- External links
Claudius Claudianus, known in English as Claudian (Greek: Κλαυδιανός; ), 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.
==Life== Claudian was born in Alexandria. He arrived in Rome in 394 and made his mark as a court poet with a eulogy of his two young patrons, Probinus and Olybrius, consuls of 395. He wrote a number of panegyrics on the consulship of his patrons, praise poems for the deeds of the general Stilicho, and invectives directed at Stilicho's rivals in the Eastern court of Arcadius.
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