Cyprianus Gallus (fl. c. 397–430) was a fifth-century poet who wrote a

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epic versification of the historical books of the ''

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'', though only the

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(''Heptateuchos'') has survived to the present day. He, along with his namesake Cyprian of Carthage and

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, has been credited the authorship of the two poems ''Carmen de Sodoma'' and ''Carmen de Iona'', but neither fits his style and language.

Sources

*Kriel, D. M. (1991). "''Sodoma'' in fifth century Biblical Epic," ''Acta classica'', 34, 7–20. *Longpré, André (1972). "Traitement de l'Elision chez le Poete Cyprianus Gallus," ''Phoenix'', 26(1), 63–77. {{Authority control 5th-century Latin writers 5th-century Roman poets 5th-century Gallo-Roman people