In the following excerpt, Glover examines the style, manner, and method of Claudian's panegyrics and invectives.
We've drunk to our English brother &#x...
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In the following excerpt, Crees examines the question of Claudian's reliability as an historian, particularly when his subject is his patron, the powerful general Flavius Stilicho.
The perio...
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In the following essay, Levy examines the career of Flavius Rufinus, the subject inveighed against in one of Claudian's most celebrated poems.
The Historical Background of Claudian’s I...
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In the following essay, Levy speculates that Claudian essentially ignored magic in his writings because it was associated with Eastern culture and Claudian wished to stress his identity as a Roman.
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In the following essay, Levy examines three themes developed by Claudian, noting their close relationship to the political, social, and religious conditions of his time.
Under the rubrics of encomi...
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In the following excerpt, Hall critiques attempts to date the The Rape of Proserpine.
Date and Circumstances of Composition
Whereas the panegyrics and invectives can all be more or less precisely d...
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In the following excerpt, Cameron examines Claudian's motivation for trumpeting Stilicho's policies in his poems.
Rome in the late fourth century was not a city which welcomed foreign...
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In the following excerpt, MacCormack analyzes Claudian's treatment of the theme of imperial arrival and presence.
I. Arrivals of Theodosius and Honorius
Julian's reign was incomplete;...
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In the following excerpt, Long analyzes Claudian's attitude towards the relations between the western and eastern Roman empires, particularly as advanced in In Eutropium.
Books 1 and 2 of In...
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In ancient times, chariot-racing was a favorite spectator sport along the Via Appia Antica, the old Appian Way.Today, watching joggers and bikers might be the 21st-century equivalent for visitors s...
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Critical Essay by Terrot Reaveley Glover
Jog, hike or bike the Appian Way in Rome
