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The Latin poet Prudentius, born in Spain in the mid-fourth century AD, rose to high office in the imperial secretariat in Milan. His pride in this achievement was tempered by a powerful Christian vocation to the composition of poetry, a medium largely determined by an education in the Latin classics. He is considered to be one of the greatest Christian poets of the Late Antique period. Written at a turning-point in the history of the Western Empire, his poetry gives expression to the new confide
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- Author
- Anne-Marie Palmer
- Publisher
- Clarendon Press ; Oxford University Press
- Published
- 1989
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780198147213
- Category
- history
- Subjects
- Religion, Poetry, Literary Fiction
- Updated
- 2026-03-25
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