Luxorius

Who is Luxorius?

Luxorius was an Ancient Roman poet and writer of epigrams who lived in Carthage, Africa during the last years of the Vandal occupation in the 6th century, under the reign of the Vandal Kings Thrasamund, Hilderic, and Gelimer. He greatly admired the notable Roman author Martial, whom he used as a model when composing his works. Luxorius's writings, which served as a bridge between the end of the Classical Period and the beginning of Medieval Latin, are compiled the book, A Latin Poet Among the Vandals.