Horace Profile | Horace Basics
Dates: December 8, 65 - November 27, 8 B.C.
Full Name: Quintus Horatius Flaccus
Occupation: Poet
Horace was the major lyric Latin poet of the Augustan Era. Emperor Augustus requested that Horace write a poem for the special public entertainment event known as the Secular Games that Augustus put on in 17 B.C. All wasn't smooth-sailing for Horace. He had stood on the wrong side during the civil war, and so, Horace's family's property was confiscated.
In 39 B.C., after Augustus granted amnesty, Horace became a secretary in the Roman treasury. In 38, Horace met and became the client of the artists' patron Maecenas, who provided Horace with a villa in the Sabine Hills.
When Horace died at age 59, he left his estate to Augustus and was buried near the tomb of Maecenas.
The Works of Horace
- De Arte Poetica Liber - The Art of Poetry (18 B.C.)
- Carmen Saeculare - Poem of the Secular Games (17 B.C.)
- Carminum Libra IV - The Odes (4 Books) (starting 23 B.C.)
- Epistularum Libri II - The Epistles (2 Books) (starting 20 B.C.)
- Epodon Liber - The Epodes (30 B.C.)
- Sermonum Libri II (Satura) - The Satires (2 Books) (starting 35 B.C.)
