The Apology to Gunthamund

Blossius Aemilius Dracontius offers a legal apology via his own prose for his religious dispute the Arian king of the Vandals. This texts offers a rare insight into late Roman North African from the eyes of a common resident of Carthage. Little is known of the fate of Dracontius. However, he is known to have been released or escaped for the Vandal jail and made his way to freedom in Northern Italy.