Horatius - Wikipedia
WEBContents. hide. (Top) People. Roman era. Post-Roman era. Fictional characters. Literature. Other uses. See also. Horatius may refer to: People. Roman era. several ancient Roman men of the gens Horatia, including: Quintus Horatius …
Horatio - Wikipedia
WEBHoratio is an English male given name, an Italianized form [1] of the ancient Roman Latin nomen (name) Horatius, from the Roman gens (clan) Horatia. The modern Italian form is Orazio, the modern Spanish form Horacio.
Horace - Wikipedia
WEBFor other uses, see Horace (disambiguation). Quintus Horatius Flaccus ( Classical Latin: [ˈkʷiːntʊs (h)ɔˈraːtiʊs ˈfɫakːʊs]; 8 December 65 BC – 27 November 8 BC), [1] commonly known in the English-speaking world as Horace ( / ˈhɒrɪs / ), was the leading Roman lyric poet during the time of Augustus (also known as Octavian).
Horace | Poetry Foundation
WEBHorace. 65 BCE–8 BCE. Horace (Quintus Horatius Flaccus) was a Roman poet, satirist, and critic. Born in Venusia in southeast Italy in 65 BCE to an Italian freedman and landowner, he was sent to Rome for schooling and was later in Athens studying philosophy when Caesar was assassinated.
Horace's Epistles - World History Encyclopedia
WEBFeb 14, 2023 · Quintus Horatius Flaccus, better known as Horace (65-8 BCE) wrote 20 letters around 20-19 BCE, collected in Epistles I, while Epistles II, most likely written at the end of his career, only contains two letters: one to …
Horace - World History Encyclopedia
WEBMay 18, 2017 · Quintus Horatius Flaccus (65-8 BCE), better known to most modern readers as Horace, was one of Rome's best-loved poets and, along with his fellow poet Virgil, a member of Emperor Augustus' inner circle at the imperial palace.
Horace (Horatius Flaccus, Quintus), Roman poet, 65–8 BCE
WEBSummary. Horace (Quintus Horatius Flaccus, 65–8 bce) is one of the most important Roman poets, a friend and contemporary of Virgil, who composed in the time of Augustus. He wrote significant works in a number of genres: hexameter satires and epistles, iambic epodes, and lyric odes.
Horatius | Encyclopedia.com
WEBMay 9, 2018 · Horatius, also called Horatius Cocles (meaning "one-eyed"), was a mythical Roman hero credited with saving Rome from Etruscan invaders in the 500s b.c. According to the legend, Horatius led a group of warriors who were defending the Sublician Bridge, which led across the Tiber River into Rome.
Horatius Cocles | Saving Rome, Bridge Defense, Heroism
WEBHoratius Cocles, Roman hero traditionally of the late 6th century bc but perhaps legendary, who first with two companions and finally alone defended the Sublician bridge (in Rome) against Lars Porsena and the entire Etruscan army, thereby giving the Romans time to cut down the bridge. He then threw himself into the Tiber to swim to the other shore.
Lays of Ancient Rome/Horatius - Wikisource
WEBMar 4, 2024 · Lays of Ancient Rome. by Thomas Babington Macaulay. Horatius. Introduction to The Battle of the Lake Regillus. →. Horatius Cocles, "Horatius the one-eyed", was a Roman hero who defended the Pons Sublicius, the bridge that led across the Tiber to Rome, against the Etruscans in the second battle of the Naevian Meadow.
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