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The Church Fathers · c. 566–567
In Praise of Justin II
Corippus · 6th century
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What it is
A verse panegyric describing an imperial accession in Constantinople in ceremonial detail — the lying-in-state, the coronation, the reception of barbarian envoys.
Why it lasted
The last Latin epic of antiquity and the fullest description of Byzantine court ritual in the sixth century.
Where to read it
Public domain and free to read in full, though not held here. The archives below have it.
These open a search on each archive rather than a direct link, which is the honest way to point at an edition nobody here has checked line by line.
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