Horace (In Our Time)
23 BCE · Resource
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Horace (65-8BC), who flourished under the Emperor Augustus. He was one of the greatest poets of his age and is one of the most quoted of any age. Carpe diem, nil desperandum, nunc est bibendum – that’s Horace. He was the son of a freedman from southern Italy and, thanks to his talent, achieved high status in Rome despite fight
On these timelines: In Our Time (BBC podcast), Resources: Combined
Around 23 BCE
- Jesus of Nazareth (4 BCE)
- Reign of Augustus (27 BCE)
- Crucifixion of Jesus (33)
- Reign of Nero (54)
- Julius Caesar (100 BCE)
- Destruction of the Second Temple in Jerusalem (70)
- Roman conquest of Britain (43)
- Caesar crosses the Rubicon (49 BCE)
- Augustus (63 BCE)
- Saint Paul (5)