Eutropius as an oriental
| Autor: | Tomasz Babnis |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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| Zdroj: | Classica Cracoviensia. 23:7-23 |
| ISSN: | 2391-6753 1505-8913 |
| DOI: | 10.12797/cc.23.2020.23.01 |
| Popis: | Eutropius, eunuch who became the consul of the Roman Empire in 399 AD under Arcadius, is a villain of Claudius Claudian’s invective In Eutropium. Argumentation in this piece is based on many negative topoi employed in the earlier Roman poetry. In doing this, the poet makes a particular use of stereotypes connected with the East, by dint of which he can attribute these features to the Eastern Roman Empire (epitomised by Eutropius) and – at the same time – to show that the right Roman virtues are fostered in the Western Roman Empire, controlled by the poet’s patron, Stilicho. |
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