Criticism
While Fulgentius’ works remained popular during and well after the Carolingian period, his factual inaccuracies and questionable interpretations came under harsh criticism in the 19th century. His work has been overwhelmingly dismissed as trivial and misleading ever since. Historically, Fulgentius’ work has been criticized as being bombastic and foolish. His Latin prose is obscure and often corrupt, making it very difficult to decipher his meaning. He is known for unnecessarily long and wordy prose, along with highly obscure allusions.
Fulgentius is also known to make significant mistakes in his retelling of history, like his conflation of Augustus with Julius Caesar in On the Ages of the World and of Man. In addition, many of his facts, as well as his etymologies, have fallen under suspicion of being based on second-hand sources or completely fabricated.
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