Lactantius Placidus (350–400 AD) was the presumed author of a commentary on Statius's poem Thebaid.
In the final book, the Argive widows go to Athens to ask Theseus to force Creon to allow their husbands' burial while Argia, Polyneices' wife, burns him illicitly.
Initially, he had to share power in the territories of Steinfurt and Alpen with his great-uncle Statius Philip (1668-1749).
Publius Aurelius Statius is the main character of a series of novels by Italian author Danila Comastri Montanari.