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Quintus Horatius Flaccus, known as Horace, was born on December 8, 65 BCE in Venusia and became a prominent Roman poet. After serving in the army of Brutus and losing at Philippi, he returned to Rome, where he gained recognition through the support of literary figures like Vergil and Maecenas. Horace's notable works include Satires, Odes, and Ars Poetica, and he died on November 27, 8 BCE.

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Quintus Horatius Flaccus, known as Horace, was born on December 8, 65 BCE in Venusia and became a prominent Roman poet. After serving in the army of Brutus and losing at Philippi, he returned to Rome, where he gained recognition through the support of literary figures like Vergil and Maecenas. Horace's notable works include Satires, Odes, and Ars Poetica, and he died on November 27, 8 BCE.

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Quīntus Horātius Flaccus (Horace)

65 BCE – 8 BCE

carpe diem quam minimum credula


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~ He was born in Venusia, a small rustic town, on December 8,
65 BCE.
~ His father was a freedman who worked as a tax collector and
made just enough to send little Horace to school in Rome
and later to Athens, just like many boys from families of
means in ancient Rome.
~ While in Athens in 44 BCE, after the death of Julius Caesar, he
joined up with the army of Brutus as a tribunus militum.
~ After Brutus’ army lost at Philippi in 42 BCE, Horace came to
Rome, got a job as a secretary, and started writing poetry
seriously.
~ Horace’s poetry gained the notice of Vergil, who introduced him to Maecenas, both of whom
were important figures in Roman literary circles, and both of whom became friends of
Horace.
~ Maecenas, a famous patron of poets, gave Horace a nice villa in the Sabine hills, where he
could escape the bustle of life in Rome and write.
~ At the death of Vergil in 19 BCE, Horace became the most celebrated poet in Rome.
~ He died November 27, 8 BCE at Rome.
~ Horace wrote Satires, Odes, Epodes, Epistulae, and Ars Poetica (to name just a few).

Manuscript pages from collections of Horace’s Poetry

Created by Drew Lasater


To accompany Wheelock’s Latin chapter 1.

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