The concise critical commentary on Dracontius' 'Carmina christiana' presented here serves to prepare the new Teubner edition announced by R. Jakobi. Following the example of the previous volume that accompanied the Teubner edition of the 'Carmina profana' (UaLG 127, 2017), it aims to clarify controversial passages, heal corrupt ones and explain misunderstood ones. Blossius Aemilius Dracontius, an advocate of senatorial descent in Carthage, was...