Abstract
This paper argues that, contrary to current consensus, Claudain’s contemporaries portray him as a poet rooted in Latin tradition. Both Augustine and Orosius invoke him as a hostile pagan witness testifying to God’s support in battle for the Christian Emperor Theodosius. Latin chroniclers identify him as a distinguished poet who gained fame in 395, when he celebrated the reconciliation of Theodosiuis and the goddess Roma. Claudian was subsequently honored with a statue as a Roman Senator and immortal poet who deserved recognition for his political judgment. His career can now be divided into an earlier phase, as a pagan poet, and a later phase, as a publicist for Theodosius’ successors in the West.
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