348–413

Introduction

Born: 348, Spain (ei­ther at Zar­a­go­za, Tar­ra­go­na, or Cal­a­hor­ra).

Died: Probably around 413.

Biography

Prudentius (whose name is some­times shown with a pre­fix of Mar­cus), was evi­dent­ly born in­to the up­per class.

After work­ing as a law­yer, he served a judge. At age 57, he re­tired and be­gan to write sacr­ed po­et­ry.

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where to get Pru­den­ti­us’ pic­ture