Faltonia Betitia Proba

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Who is Faltonia Betitia Proba?

Faltonia Betitia Proba was a Latin Roman Christian poet, possibly the most influential Latin poet of Late Antiquity.

A member of one of the most influential aristocratic families, she composed the Cento vergilianus de laudibus Christi, a cento composed with verses by Virgil re-ordered to form an epic poem centred around the life of Jesus.

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