Aurelius Clemens, a Christian poet of some celebrity, who flourished under the reign of Theodosius the Great, was born in Spain in the year 348 A.D. He first followed the profession of advocate, was afterwards a judge, then a soldier, and at length had an honourable employment at court. Nothing more is known about him. A great number of his poems remain; but the style is barbarous, forming a singular contrast to the purity of the Augustan age. The most complete and splendid edition of his works is that of Faustinus Arevalus, 2 vols. 4to, Rom., 1788-9. That of Obbarius (8vo, Tübingen, 1845) will also be found satisfactory. (See H. Middendorf's Comment. de Prudentio Theologiae Prudentiana, 1823-7.)