QUINTUS HORATIUS FLACCUS, 65-8 B.C.
1. Important Events in the Life of Horace.
HORACE.
B.C. 65. Born at Venusia (Venosa) on the confines of Apulia and Lucania.
B.C. 53-46. Educated at Rome under the famous plagosus Orbilius.
„ 46-44. At the University of Athens.
„ 44-42. Served under Brutus as tribunus militum: fought at Philippi.
„ 42-39. Pardoned by Octavianus and allowed to return to Rome. His poverty compelled him to write verses, prob. Sat. I, ii. iii. iv., and some Epodes. Through these he obtained the notice of Varius and Vergil, who became his fast friends and
„ 38. introduced him to Maecenas, the trusted minister of Augustus.
„ 35. Satires, Book I published. (Journey to Brundisium described, Sat. I. v.)