Claudian: Quick Facts

Written and fact-checked by

The Information Architects of Encyclopaedia Britannica

Facts

Also Known As	Claudius Claudianus
Born	c.370 • Alexandria • Egypt
Died	c.404 • Rome • Italy
Notable Works	“Deprecatio ad Hadrianum” • “The Rape of Proserpine”

Silius Italicus

Roman poet

Albinovanus Pedo

Roman poet

Virgil

Roman poet

Martial

Roman poet

Quintus Ennius

Roman author

Lucan

Roman author

Statius

Roman poet

Lucius Livius Andronicus

Roman author

Gaius Valerius Flaccus

Roman poet

Gnaeus Naevius

Roman writer

Gaius Helvius Cinna

Roman poet

Flavius Cresconius Corippus

Latin poet

Poliziano

Italian poet and humanist

Rhianus

Greek poet and scholar

Horace

Roman poet

Cicero

Roman statesman, scholar, and writer

Catullus

Roman poet

Sextus Propertius

Roman poet

Lucretius

Latin poet and philosopher

Juvenal

Roman poet

Illustration of "The Lamb" from "Songs of Innocence" by William Blake, 1879. poem; poetry

A Study of Poetry

4:043 Dickinson, Emily: A Life of Letters, This is my letter to the world/That never wrote to me; I'll tell you how the Sun Rose/A Ribbon at a time; Hope is the thing with feathers/That perches in the soul

Famous Poets and Poetic Form

Emily Dickinson (1830-1886) only confirmed photograph of Emily Dickinson. 1978 scan of a Daguerreotype. ca. 1847; in the Amherst College Archives. American poet. See Notes:

Poetry: First Lines

Claudian: Quick Facts

Facts

Related Biographies

Related Quizzes