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Childhood. He was born on 8 December 65 BC [nb 4] in Apulia, south of Italy. [6] . His home town, Venusia, lay on a trade route in the region of Apulia at the border with Lucania (Basilicata). Various Italic dialects were spoken in the area and this perhaps enriched his feeling for language.
May 18, 2017 · Horace was born on December 8, 65 BCE, in the town of Venusia in Apulia, a region in southeastern Italy, bordering the Adriatic Sea. As an adult, he was described by the Roman historian Suetonius as being short and fat.
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Aug 9, 2024 · Horace (born December 65 bc, Venusia, Italy—died Nov. 27, 8 bc, Rome) was an outstanding Latin lyric poet and satirist under the emperor Augustus. The most frequent themes of his Odes and verse Epistles are love, friendship, philosophy, and the art of poetry.
Quintus Horatius Flaccus was born on 8 December 65 BC, in Venusia, Italy, Roman Republic. His father, probably a Venutian, had once been a slave but was later able to gain freedom. A man of strong character, he owned some land and also worked as a tax collector. Nothing is known about Horace’s mother or other family members.
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.
May 11, 2018 · Horace was born on Dec. 8, 65 B.C., at Venusia (Venosa) on the borders of Lucania and Apulia. His father was a freedman, probably of old Italian stock, and had retired on his savings as an auctioneer's clerk to live on a small farm there.
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Life. Born at Venosa or Venusia, as it was called in his day, a small town in the border region between Apulia and Lucania, Horace was the son of a former slave, but he was born free.
