David West is Professor Emeritus of Latin at the University of
Newcastle upon Tyne & Leverhulme Emeritus Fellow.
Quintus Horatius Flaccus (Horace) was born in late 65 BC at Venusia
in Apulia. He served on the staff of Brutus' army until the defeat
at Philippi in 42 BC. On returning to Rome he found his father dead
and his property confiscated but obtained a secretarial post in the
treasury. His poetry impressed Virgil, who introduced him to the
great patron Maecenas in 38 BC. From now on Horace had no financial
worries and moved freely among the leading poets and statesmen of
Rome; after
Virgil's death in 19 BC he was virtually Poet Laureate.
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