42. Battles of Philippi. Death of Brutus and Cassius.
41. Confiscations by the triumvirs. Virgil introduced to
Mæcenas and Octavianus. Horace returns to Rome.
40. Virgil restored to his estate.
39. Horace introduced to Mæcenas by Virgil and Varius.
37. Virgil publishes Eclogues. Phraates king of Parthia.
36. Antony invades Parthia.
35. Horace publishes First Book of Satires.
33. Phraates attacks Armenia and Media.
31. Battle of Actium. Overthrow of Antony. Octavianus
visits the East.
30. Horace publishes Second Book of Satires and his
Epodes.
29. Octavianus returns from the East and celebrates
threefold triumph. Temple of Janus closed in
sign of peace. Virgil publishes Georgics.
27. Octavianus receives the title of Augustus.
26. Augustus in Spain corresponds with Virgil.
24. Horace (probably) publishes first Three Books of Odes.
23. Death of Marcellus. Virgil reads portions of the
Æneid to Augustus.
20. Expedition of Augustus to the East. Parthians restore
standards taken at Carrhæ.
19. Virgil journeys to Greece. Returns with Augustus.
Dies at Brundisium. Augustus directs Virgil's
friend Varius and Tucca to edit the Æneid.
18. Horace publishes First Book of Epistles.
17. The Secular Festival. Horace writes the Secular
Hymn.
13. Horace publishes Fourth Book of Odes.
8. Death of Mæcenas and Horace.
Verse Translations Recommended
Dryden; Conington (Crowell, New York); William Morris (Roberts Brothers, Boston); Cranch; Long (Lockwood Brooks & Co., Boston); Crane (Baker & Taylor Co., New York); Howland (D. Appleton &
