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MAEC2850 C. Maecenas (6) Pom.

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Hor. Carm. 4.12, Juv. Sat. 7.91f, Porphyr. Hor. Carm. 1.1, 4.12, [Acro.] Hor. Carm. 4.12, [Acro.] Hor. Sat. 1.6, 2.8
Eques R Expand
Nicolet Ref 209. Hor. Carm. 1.20.5, Tac. Ann. 6.11.

8, death (DPRR Team) Expand
Suet. Vit. Hor. (59 days before Horace died), Tac. Ann. 3.30.

Legatus (Envoy) 38 (Broughton MRR II) Expand
- Sent by Octavian to Antony in Syria after the defeats of this year, he gained from him a promise of assistance (App. BC 5.92-93). (Broughton MRR II)
Legatus (Envoy) 37 (Broughton MRR II) Expand
- A group, whose journey to Brundisium with the poets Horace, Vergil, Varius, and Plotius, and the rhetor Apollodorus (Heliodorus) in their company is described by Horace (Sat. 1.5; in the spring, see lines 10-15 on the frogs). Their mission preceded the meeting of Antony and Octavian at Tarentum (see Porphyr. on Hor. Sat. 1.5.27, who errs regarding the date and the destination). See De Laet no. 119, on Cocceius; above, on Fonteius. (Broughton MRR II)
Praefectus Urbi 31 (Broughton MRR II) Expand
- Maecenas was Prefect of Rome and Italy during the Actium campaign and the subsequent period while Octavian was in the East (Dio 51.3.5; cf. 49.16.2). See PIR 2.315, no. 306. (Broughton MRR II)