Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: The Eunuch Consul and the Court Poet
  • pt. 1. The Literary World of In Eutropium. Structure and Genre
  • Traditions of Roman Satire
  • Literary Traditions of Political Invective
  • How to Slander a Eunuch
  • pt. 2. The Historical World of In Eutropium. Date and Reference
  • Eastern Information at the Western Court
  • pt. 3. The Literary and Historical Worlds Meet. Claudian's Audiences
  • Stance and Purpose
  • Conclusion: In Eutropium and the Empire of Rome.