In Rufinum
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In Rufinum is a satirical invective poem by the late Roman poet Claudian that attacks the powerful court official Rufinus.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Latin poem
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invective poem ⓘ |
| alternateName | De Rufino NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith | court politics of Constantinople ⓘ |
| author | Claudian NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| circaDate | c. 395–397 CE ⓘ |
| circulation | imperial court milieu ⓘ |
| contrastsWith | Stilicho NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Roman Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dedicatedTo | Stilicho (implicitly favorable portrayal) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| depicts |
career of Rufinus
ⓘ
death of Rufinus ⓘ |
| genre |
political invective
ⓘ
satire ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Book 1 of In Rufinum
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Book 2 of In Rufinum ⓘ |
| historicalContext | conflict between Rufinus and Stilicho ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
earlier Roman political satire
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tradition of Latin panegyric and invective ⓘ |
| language | Latin ⓘ |
| literaryForm | hexameter poem ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | late Latin literature ⓘ |
| literaryTradition | Roman verse invective ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Rufinus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| meter | dactylic hexameter ⓘ |
| originalWork | De Rufino NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | corpus of Claudian ⓘ |
| portrays |
Rufinus as enemy of Rome
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Rufinus as greedy and ambitious NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| portraysAs |
Rufinus as corrupt court official
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Rufinus as traitor to the state ⓘ |
| preservedIn | medieval Latin manuscript tradition ⓘ |
| rhetoricalDevice |
hyperbole
ⓘ
invective catalog of vices ⓘ |
| secondaryCharacter |
Emperor Arcadius
NERFINISHED
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Goths in imperial service ⓘ Stilicho NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting | Eastern Roman Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subject | Rufinus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| targets | Rufinus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| theme |
abuse of power at court
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loyalty to the Roman state ⓘ moral corruption of officials ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
late 4th century
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reign of Arcadius ⓘ |
| tone | hostile and defamatory ⓘ |
| workOf | Claudian NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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