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About Claudian

Claudius Claudianus (c. 370 – 404), known in English as Claudian, was an Alexandrian poet, writing first in Greek and later in Latin. By many he is considered the last of the great Classical Latin poets.

Born: 370

Died: 404

Categories: Roman poets, Greek poets, 5th century deaths

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Omnia mors aequat.
Minuit praesentia famam.
Vile latens virtus.
Qui terret plus ipse timet.
Dis proximus ille est, quem ratio non ira movet.
Natura beatis, omnibus esse dedit, si quis cognoverit uti.
Peragit tranquilla potestas quod violenta nequit; mandataque fortius urget imperiosa quies.
Paupertas me saeva domat dirusque Cupido: sed toleranda fames, non tolerandus amor.
Iam non ad culmina rerum iniustos crevisse queror; tolluntur in altum ut lapsu graviore ruant.
In commune iubes si quid censesque tenendum, primus iussa subi: tunc observantior aequi fit populus nec ferre negat, cum viderit ipsum auctorem parere sibi. componitur orbis regis ad exemplum, nec sic inflectere sensus humanos edicta valent quam vita regentis.
Claudian
• If thou make any law or establish any custom for the general good, be the first to submit thyself thereto; then does a people show more regard for justice nor refuse submission when it has seen their author obedient to his own laws. The world shapes itself after its ruler's pattern, nor can edicts sway men's minds so much as their monarch's life; the unstable crowd ever changes along with the prince.
Panegyricus de Quarto Consulatu Honorii Augusti, lines 296-301.
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