Prudentius
Britishnoun
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The Roman poet Prudentius took the struggle inward, into “the cave of the breast.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 21, 2025
As Asclepiades the judge in Prudentius** styles St. Romanus the martyr, Arch-magician.
From Arguments Of Celsus, Porphyry, And The Emperor Julian, Against The Christians Also Extracts from Diodorus Siculus, Josephus, and Tacitus, Relating to the Jews, Together with an Appendix by Taylor, Thomas
The work was warmly assailed by Drepanius Florus, canon of Lyons, and Prudentius, and was condemned by two councils—that of Valence in 855, and that of Langres in 859.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 7 "Equation" to "Ethics" by Various
Prudentius spins out the story into two hundred and fifteen lines, with endless rhetorical and poetical amplification.
From A History of the French Novel, Vol. 1 From the Beginning to 1800 by Saintsbury, George
Prudentius, when he met the prefect, inquired whether he intended to bring Damasus and his followers to account for the tumult.
From Jovinian A Story of the Early Days of Papal Rome by Kingston, William Henry Giles
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