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Excerpt from Horace's Complete Works Quintus horatius flaccus, born 8th December 6 5 D.C. At Venusia, on the borders of Apulia and Lucania. Studied at Rome and Athens. Fought at the battle of Philippi, 42 b.c. Became the protégé of Maecenas, who gave him a small property in the Sabine Hills. Died in November, 8 b.c. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.