Ask the Chatbot Games & Quizzes History & Society Science & Tech Biographies Animals & Nature Geography & Travel Arts & Culture ProCon Money Videos

Prudentius: Quick Facts

Written and fact-checked by
The Information Architects of Encyclopaedia Britannica

The Information Architects maintain a master list of the topics included in the corpus of  Encyclopædia Britannica, and create and manage the relationships between them.
The Information Architects of Encyclopaedia Britannica

Facts

Also Known As Aurelius Clemens Prudentius
Born 348 • Zaragoza • Spain
Died After 405
Notable Works “Hamartigenia” • “Peristephanon” • “Psychomachia”
default image
Lucan
Roman author
St. Ambrose
St. Ambrose
bishop of Milan
default image
St. Hilary of Poitiers
bishop of Poitiers
default image
Nicetas of Remesiana
bishop, theologian, and composer
default image
Saint Paulinus of Nola
Roman Catholic saint
St. Thomas Aquinas
St. Thomas Aquinas
Italian Christian theologian and philosopher
default image
Venantius Fortunatus
French poet and bishop
default image
Ekkehard I the Elder
German monk and poet
Horace, bronze medal, 4th century; in the Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris
Horace
Roman poet
Marble bust of Marcus Tullius Cicero, shown with short hair and draped clothing, displayed against a black background.
Cicero
Roman statesman, scholar, and writer
Ancient Roman mosaic showing the poet Virgil seated and writing, flanked by the muses Clio and Melpomene, displayed in a decorative border.
Virgil
Roman poet
Catullus, bust in Sirmione, Italy.
Catullus
Roman poet
default image
Sextus Propertius
Roman poet
Lucretius
Lucretius
Latin poet and philosopher
default image
Martial
Roman poet
Juvenal
Juvenal
Roman poet
default image
Albius Tibullus
Roman poet
default image
Quintus Ennius
Roman author
default image
Calpurnius Siculus
Roman poet
default image
Statius
Roman poet

Related Quizzes

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