Proba

Proba was a Roman noblewoman of the senatorial class who wrote a Christian poem composed entirely of lines and half-lines of Virgil. It retells Genesis and the Gospels in about 700 hexameters.

Dates

fl. ca. 360 (approximate)

See or city

Rome

Region

Italy

Also known as

Faltonia Betitia Proba; Proba the Elder

Notes

A Roman noblewoman and Christian; her cento is the best-known Christian reworking of Virgil.

Works

• Virgilian CentoCento Vergilianus de laudibus Christi · ca. 360 · CPL 1479 (not yet checked)