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. Despite his early allegiance to one of Julius Caesar's assassins during the early dark days of the civil war, Horace eventually became a close friend to the emperor and supported his attempts at moral reform, believing it brought new life to a suffering empire, a new golden age.
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- Why do you think Horace changed from supporting Brutus to praising Augustus?
- How do you think Epicurean ideas shaped Horace's poems?
- Do you think Horace was more a poet or a supporter of Augustus?
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