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the Christian poems written during this period and added a preface, which he himself dated 405.
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1421:Categories
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1200:Diligentia
1176:Temperance
1029:Temperance
830:Prudentius
452:References
399:Prudentius
355:Dittochæon
318:, against
300:Apotheosis
267:Apotheosis
153:Tertullian
1230:Humilitas
1220:Patientia
1210:Humanitas
1196:Diligence
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1023:Fortitudo
1019:Fortitude
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359:quatrains
334:Symmachus
214:Influence
128:Calahorra
124:Tarragona
120:Saragossa
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363:captions
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271:Trinity
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208:Luxuria
165:martyrs
1272:Acedia
1155:versus
1057:Cicero
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367:murals
220:Horace
167:. His
147:Poetry
1298:Pride
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1258:Greed
1108:Fides
1104:Faith
1093:Three
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369:of a
338:pagan
324:vices
312:faith
279:Jesus
238:Works
161:Bible
112:Spain
104:Roman
94:Roman
1288:Envy
1252:Gula
1238:Lust
1124:Love
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169:hymn
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