De bello Gothico
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De bello Gothico is a Latin epic poem by the late Roman poet Claudian that celebrates Stilicho’s victory over the Goths and exemplifies the political panegyric style of the late Roman Empire.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Latin epic poem
ⓘ
literary work ⓘ panegyric ⓘ |
| associatedWithEvent | Gothic invasions of the Roman Empire ⓘ |
| associatedWithPlace | Western Roman Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| author | Claudian NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Roman Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| criticizes |
Goths
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
barbarian enemies of Rome ⓘ |
| culturalContext | late Roman Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| depicts | Gothic War NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
epic poetry
ⓘ
political panegyric ⓘ |
| hasCharacter |
Alaric I
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Honorius NERFINISHED ⓘ Stilicho NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasWorkTitleInEnglish | On the Gothic War NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasWorkTitleInLatin | De bello Gothico NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalContext | conflicts between Romans and Goths ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Roman panegyrical tradition
ⓘ
Virgilian epic tradition ⓘ |
| language | Latin ⓘ |
| literaryForm | hexameter poem ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | late Latin literature ⓘ |
| literaryTechnique |
encomium
ⓘ
mythological allusion ⓘ rhetorical amplification ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
campaigns against Alaric I
ⓘ
victory of Stilicho over the Goths ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | pro-Roman ⓘ |
| partOf | Claudian’s political poems ⓘ |
| politicalFunction |
celebration of Stilicho’s leadership
ⓘ
imperial propaganda ⓘ |
| portrays |
Alaric I
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Honorius NERFINISHED ⓘ Stilicho NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| praises | Stilicho NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| preservedIn | medieval manuscript tradition ⓘ |
| setInCentury | 5th century ⓘ |
| setInPeriod | reign of Honorius ⓘ |
| studiedIn |
Latin literary studies
ⓘ
classical philology ⓘ late antique studies ⓘ |
| timeOfComposition |
early 5th century
ⓘ
late 4th century ⓘ |
| workPeriod | Late Antiquity ⓘ |
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