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    as "Cilnius Maecenas"; it is possible that "Cilnius" was his mother's nomen – or that Maecenas was in fact a cognomen. The Gaius Maecenas mentioned in...
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    The Gardens of Maecenas, or Horti Maecenatis, constituted the luxurious ancient Roman estate of Gaius Maecenas, an Augustan-era imperial advisor and patron...
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  • The Maecenas Foundation is a Swiss foundation whose sole officer is Mario Roberty, a Swiss attorney. Centered in the city of Basel, it came to notice in...
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  • List of awards for contributions to culture Gaius Maecenas, Roman advisor and eponym of the Maecenas distinction Website Arbeitskreis selbständiger Kultur-Institute...
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    Maecenas Eason Benton (January 29, 1848 – April 27, 1924) was a U.S. Representative from Missouri. He was the father of Thomas Hart Benton, who gained...
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    principate in his turn, alienating his three greatest supporters: Agrippa, Maecenas, and Livia. He appointed noted republican Calpurnius Piso (who had fought...
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    Maximus Circus of Maxentius Circus of Nero Colosseum Ludus Magnus Gardens of Maecenas Gardens of Sallust Stadium of Domitian Theatre of Marcellus Theatre of...
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  • (born 1 January 1981) is an English actor, known for his role as Gaius Maecenas in the HBO television series Rome (2007). He was educated at Winchester...
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    Eclogues (probably before 37 BC),: 1603  Virgil became part of the circle of Maecenas, Octavian's capable agent d'affaires who sought to counter sympathy for...
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  • Gaius Maecenas Melissus (/məˈlɪsəs/; fl. 1st century AD) was one of the freedmen of Gaius Maecenas, the noted Roman Augustan patron of the arts. His primary...
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    meeting with Maecenas introduced by Lollius, praises his art, and defends his wearing of loose clothes (criticized later by Seneca). Maecenas' life spent...
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    the poets Gallus and Virgil and, with them, had as his patron Maecenas and, through Maecenas, the emperor Augustus. Although Propertius was not as renowned...
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  • Mark Antony is an intolerably dangerous one. Gaius Maecenas Alex Wyndham Gaius Maecenas 2.4–2.10 Maecenas first appears in "Testudo et Lepus (The Tortoise...
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    Maximus Circus of Maxentius Circus of Nero Colosseum Ludus Magnus Gardens of Maecenas Gardens of Sallust Stadium of Domitian Theatre of Marcellus Theatre of...
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    poetry in this period. His budding relationship with the wealthy Gaius Maecenas features in several poems, which locates most of the work on the Epodes...
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    Maximus Circus of Maxentius Circus of Nero Colosseum Ludus Magnus Gardens of Maecenas Gardens of Sallust Stadium of Domitian Theatre of Marcellus Theatre of...
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    Antony conducted negotiations through intermediaries (the envoys were Gaius Maecenas and Gaius Asinius Pollio, respectively). Negotiations for the treaty completed...
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    Amarynthis (redirect from Hesperia maecenas)
    Synonyms Papilio meneria Cramer, 1776 Papilio micalia Cramer, 1776 Hesperia maecenas Fabricius, 1793 (preocc. Fabricius, 1793) Hesperia dimas Fabricius, 1796...
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    Nicolaes Witsen (8 May 1641 – 10 August 1717; Dutch: Nicolaas Witsen) was a Dutch statesman who was mayor of Amsterdam thirteen times, between 1682 and...
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    Maximus Circus of Maxentius Circus of Nero Colosseum Ludus Magnus Gardens of Maecenas Gardens of Sallust Stadium of Domitian Theatre of Marcellus Theatre of...
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    March 15, 2015. The president of the Maecenas Foundation, Mario Roberty, suggested the possibility that the Maecenas Foundation had acquired not the only...
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  • Bennett as Marcellus (series 1) Youssef Kerkour as Maecenas (series 1) Merch Husey as Young Maecenas (guest series 1) Liah O'Prey as Julia David Avery...
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    Importance of Philosophy - (Dedication to Maecenas, Horace's Patron) 1-19 – Horace excuses himself to Maecenas for giving up the composition of lyric poetry...
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  • Kosztolányi. Budapest, Maecenas, 2000. ISBN 9632030281 43 vers = 43 poems by Attila József. Az utószót írta: George Szirtes. Budapest, Maecenas. ISBN 9632031202 ;...
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    with Maecenas at the Battle of Actium in 31 BC, where Octavian defeated his great rival, Antony. By then Horace had already received from Maecenas the...
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    spread well beyond it. The spot was within the Gardens of Maecenas, founded by Gaius Maecenas the ally of Augustus and patron of the arts. He bequeathed...
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    of Paracelsus, by Quentin Matsys (5) Van der Geest also functioned as a maecenas. He arranged for Rubens to get the order for a triptych for the Saint Walpurga...
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    publication, and of Horace, for whom he and Virgil obtained an introduction to Maecenas. Horace spoke of him as a master of epic and the only poet capable of celebrating...
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    At Maecenas' Reception, oil, Stefan Bakałowicz, 1890. An artist's view of the classical. Maecenas knew and entertained everyone literary in the Golden...
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