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Claudian

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Claudian (c. 370–404)

Last of the great Latin poets of the Roman Empire. He was probably born in Alexandria, Egypt. Although his native tongue was Greek he acquired a perfect command of Latin. He wrote official panegyrics, epigrams, and the mythological epic The Rape of Proserpine.



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