# Claudian, volume 1 (of 2) With an English translation by Maurice Platnauer

Author: Claudianus, Claudius, 370?-404?; Platnauer, Maurice [Translator]

Genre: Category: Poetry

Language: Latina

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/51443

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Claudian%2C+volume+1+%28of+2%29+With+an+English+translation+by+Maurice+Platnauer+Claudianus&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

Claudius Claudianus may be called the last poet of classical Rome. He was born about the year 370 A.D. and died within a decade of the sack of the city by Alaric in 410. The thirty to forty odd years which comprised his life were some of the most momentous in the history of Rome. Valentinian and Valens were emperors respectively of the West and the East when he was born, and while the former was engaged in constant warfare with the northern tribes of Alamanni, Quadi and Sarmatians, whose advances the skill of his general, Theodosius, had managed to check, the latter was being reserved for unsuccessful battle with an enemy still more deadly.

## Chapters

- [BOOK II](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/la/books/claudian-volume-1-of-2-with-an-english-translation-by-maurice-p-32d51194/chapters/9/index.md)
- [BOOK I 364](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/la/books/claudian-volume-1-of-2-with-an-english-translation-by-maurice-p-32d51194/chapters/3/index.md)
- [BOOK I](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/la/books/claudian-volume-1-of-2-with-an-english-translation-by-maurice-p-32d51194/chapters/6/index.md)
- [BOOK I](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/la/books/claudian-volume-1-of-2-with-an-english-translation-by-maurice-p-32d51194/chapters/7/index.md)
- [BOOK II](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/la/books/claudian-volume-1-of-2-with-an-english-translation-by-maurice-p-32d51194/chapters/5/index.md)
- [BOOK I](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/la/books/claudian-volume-1-of-2-with-an-english-translation-by-maurice-p-32d51194/chapters/4/index.md)
- [BOOK I](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/la/books/claudian-volume-1-of-2-with-an-english-translation-by-maurice-p-32d51194/chapters/10/index.md)
- [BOOK II. PREFACE](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/la/books/claudian-volume-1-of-2-with-an-english-translation-by-maurice-p-32d51194/chapters/8/index.md)
- [Volume 2 is available as Project Gutenberg ebook number 51444.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/la/books/claudian-volume-1-of-2-with-an-english-translation-by-maurice-p-32d51194/chapters/1/index.md)
- [BOOK II 184](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/la/books/claudian-volume-1-of-2-with-an-english-translation-by-maurice-p-32d51194/chapters/2/index.md)