Merobaudes (401–500)
Born 401 CE, died 500 CE.
Flavius Merobaudes was a 5th-century Latin rhetorician and poet. Merobaudes was a Roman of Frankish origin who was raised in Spain, and likely was a descendant of the famous general of the same name who flourished during the fourth century. He was the official laureate of Valentinian III and Aetius. Until the beginning of the 19th century he was known only from the notice of him in the Chronicle (year 443) of his contemporary Hydatius, where he is praised as a poet and orator, and mention is made of statues set up in his honour. He was part of Aetius's army that campaigned in the Alps. In 1813 the base of a statue was discovered at Rome, with a long inscription belonging to the year 435 (CIL VI 1724) upon Flavius Merobaudes, celebrating his merits as warrior and poet. Ten years later, B. G.
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