Eutropius as an oriental
Building the invective with references to orient in the first book of Claudian’s In Eutropium
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Claudian, Eutropius, Roman invective, Eastern Roman Empire, Eunuchs, Ancient stereotypesAbstract
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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