For the language, compare Hor CARM I i 1 'Maecenas atauis edite regibus'.
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273. Horatius Flaccus, Q., name, birth, 163; parentage, 164; education, in civil war, 165; clerkship, 166; introduction to Maecenas, journey to Brundisium, Sabine farm, 167; relations with imperial house, 168; death, personal appearance, 169; chronology of works, 170; Satires, 170, 172; Odes and Epodes, 171, 174; Epistles, 171, 172, 179; CARM.
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