Augustus & Horace

Did Augustus and Horace live at the same time?

Yes. Augustus and Horace lived at the same time for 55 years, from 63 BCE to 8 BCE.^[1][2][3][4]

Augustus · Horace · Born in 63 BCE · Born in 65 BCE

Augustus

63 BCE–14

Politics & Leadership

First Roman Emperor

Horace

65 BCE–8 BCE

Literature

Roman lyric poet of carpe diem

How Augustus and Horace Are Connected

• Horace fought for Brutus against Octavian at the Battle of Philippi, yet years later Octavian, by then the emperor Augustus, asked him to be his personal secretary. Horace refused.^[3]

More Comparisons