In Eutropium

In Eutropium was a two-book long panegyric poem and an invective written by the poet Claudian against Eutropius, an Eastern Roman politician and court eunuch. The poem describes a fictionalized telling of the life of Eutropius. It attempts to portray Eutropius as a corrupt, ineffective, and effeminate leader. The poem argues that he created a division between the Western and Eastern Roman Empires, and caused numerous problems for the Eastern Empire. Claudian uses this to highlight a contrast between his view of a corrupted and weak Eastern Roman Empire and a powerful and righteous Western Roman Empire.