Left to right, Virgil, Horace and Varius at the House of Maecenas,(seated far right). Publius Vergilius Maro, 70 BC – 19 BC, aka Virgil or Vergil. Ancient Roman poet of the Augustan period. Quintus Horatius Flaccus, 65 BC – 8 BC, aka Horace. Roman lyric poet. Lucius Varius Rufus, c. 74 – 14 BC. Roman poet. Gaius Cilnius Maecenas, 68 BC – 8 BC. Ally, friend and political advisor to Octavian and important patron for the new generation of Augustan poets. From Hutchinson's History of the Nations, published 1915.
Left to right, Virgil, Horace and Varius at the House of Maecenas,(seated far right). Publius Vergilius Maro, 70 BC – 19 BC, aka Virgil or Vergil. Ancient Roman poet of the Augustan period. Quintus Horatius Flaccus, 65 BC – 8 BC, aka Horace. Roman lyric poet. Lucius Varius Rufus, c. 74 – 14 BC. Roman poet. Gaius Cilnius Maecenas, 68 BC – 8 BC. Ally, friend and political advisor to Octavian and important patron for the new generation of Augustan poets. From Hutchinson's History of the Nations, published 1915.