The author discusses the allusive technique of the Cento Probae, in which the pia munera Christi are conveyed by assembling a rich fabric of Vergilian echoes. Fassina compares Proba's text with another late antique cento, the so-called Versus ad gratiam Domini by Pomponius, and demonstrates the superiority of Proba’s technique, who is able to amalgamate, more ably than Pomponius, different quotations of Vergilian units.
