Flavius Merobaudes (poet)
Flavius Merobaudes was from Hispania derived from Late Antiquity Latin poet in the 5th century.
In a poem Merobaudes glorified a triumph of the Roman army master Aëtius . As a thank you, he received a statue on the Trajan's Forum . According to the inscription on this statue that has been preserved, Merobaudes had the rank of vir spectabilis and worked at the imperial court as comes sacri consistorii . The few fragments of his work that have survived suggest that Merobaudes mainly composed eulogies, that is, was a panegyric .
literature
- Frank M. Clover: Flavius Merobaudes. A Translation and Historical Commentary (= Transactions of the American Philosophical Society . New Series, Vol. 61, Part 1). American Philosophical Society, Philadelphia 1971.
- Kurt Smolak : Merobaudes [2]. In: The New Pauly (DNP). Volume 8, Metzler, Stuttgart 2000, ISBN 3-476-01478-9 , column 7 f.
Web links
Wikisource: Flavius Merobaudes - Sources and full texts
- Literature by and about Flavius Merobaudes in the catalog of the German National Library
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Merobaudes, Flavius |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Latin poet |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 4th century or 5th century |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hispania |
| DATE OF DEATH | 5th century |