Virgil had also lost his estate in the
division of lands during the Trium-
virate; so also Tibullus, E. 1. i. 19,
and Propertius IV. i. 129.

Cn. Domitius Calvinus, C. Asinius
Pollio (Coss.)

War of Perugia; Virgil's estate
restored.

Horace in Rome; his friendship with
Virgil and Varius; purchases the
place of Scriba in the Quæstor's
office; affair with Canidia (?).
Epod. v. (?) Epod. XVII. (?)

L. Marcius Censorinus, C. Calvisius

Sabinus (Coss.)

First presentation of Horace to Mæ

cenas by Virgil and Varius; he must already have written and imparted to his friends some of his poetry, Satires and Epodes, perhaps Odes. 716 38 27 App. Claudius Pulcher, C. Norbanus

Heyne Virg. Vit.

sub an. Epod. vii. (?)

Epod. xvI. (?)

Sat. 11. vi. 40.

Sat. I. V.

Heyne in Vit.

Publication of First Book of Satires.

L. Scribonius Libo, M. Antonius II.
(Coss.)

Horace receives the Sabine estate
from Mæcenas.

C. Cæsar II., L. Volcatius Tullus
(Coss.)

Foundation of the Octavian Library.
The Edileship of Agrippa, alluded to
Sat. 11. iii. 195.

Cn. Domitius Ahenobarbus, Cn. So-
sius (Coss.)

The latter end of this year the earliest
possible dite for the publication of
Sat. Book II.

C. Cæsar III., M. Valerius Messala
Corvinus (Coss.)

Battle of Actium, Sept. 2.

Epode 1., before the beginning of the
war; Epode 1x., after the battle.

C. Cæsar IV., M. Licinius Crassus

Taurus (Coss.)

Death of Cornelius Gallus.

Propertius (according to Mr. Fynes
Clinton) twenty-five years old.

C. Cæsar Augustus IX, M. Junius
Silanus (Coss.)

Augustus wages war against the Can-
tabrians.

Horace completes his fortieth year.
Temple of Janus closed. Virgil
finished his Georgies.

C. Cæsar Augustus X., C. Norbanus
Flaccus (Coss.)

Augustus returns from the conquest

of Cantabria.

Expedition of Ælius Gallus into
Arabi 1.

Virgil commences the Æneid.

Death of Quintilius Varus.

C. Cæsar Augustus (L. Sestius, Suf-
fectus, the Sestius of Carm. 1. iv.),
A. Terentius Varro Murena (Coss.)
Tribunitian power voted to Augustus
for life.

Death of Marcelius. Tiridates in
Rome, and Embassy from Parthia.
Demand of restitution of the
standards of Crassus. Publication
of Odes, according to Franke,
Fasti Horatiani.

Carm. 1. vi. 2.

Dion. LII. 25. Carm. 11. iv. 23. Heyne in Vit.

Carm. 111. xiv. 2.
Ep. 1. xviii. 55, 6.

Carm. 1. xxix. 2.

Carm. I. xxiv.
Carm. I. iv

Virg. Æneid. vi. 861,7. Propert. iii. 18. Dion. LII. 20, 31, 33.