Iam non ad culmina rerum iniustos crevisse queror; tolluntu… - Claudian

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Iam non ad culmina rerum
iniustos crevisse queror; tolluntur in altum
ut lapsu graviore ruant.

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Claudius Claudianus (c. 370 – 404 AD), known in English as Claudian, was an Alexandrian poet, writing first in Greek and later in Latin. By many he is considered the last of the great Classical Latin poets. English quotations here are taken from the translation by Maurice Platnauer in the Loeb Classical Library.

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Alternative Names: Claudius Claudianus • Claudianus • Claudius Claudianus of Alexandria

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Lucan Virgil Publius Papinius Statius Horace Gaius Valerius Flaccus

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Qui terret plus ipse timet.

Paupertas me saeva domat dirusque Cupido:
sed toleranda fames, non tolerandus amor.

Nature has given the opportunity of happiness to all, knew they but how to use it.

Iam non ad culmina rerum iniustos crevisse queror; tolluntur in altum ut lapsu graviore ruant. - Claudian

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