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Gaius Cilnius Maecenas ([ˈɡäːiʊs̠ ˈkɪɫ̪niʊs̠ mäe̯ˈkeːnäːs̠] 13 April 68 BC [1] – 8 BC) was a friend and political advisor to Octavian (who later reigned as emperor Augustus). He was also an important patron for the new generation of Augustan poets, including both Horace and Virgil .
Alex Wyndham (born 1 January 1981) is an English actor, known for his role as Gaius Maecenas in the HBO television series Rome (2007). [1] Biography.
It depicts the moment when Virgil, reciting his work to the Emperor Augustus, his wife Livia and his sister Octavia, mentions the name of Octavia's dead son, Marcellus, causing Octavia to faint. [1] Augustus' advisors, Marcus Agrippa and Gaius Maecenas, can be seen watching in the background. [2]
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Gaius Maecenas: 2.4–2.10 Maecenas first appears in "Testudo et Lepus (The Tortoise and the Hare)"; he is a poet and longtime friend of Gaius Octavian and Marcus Agrippa, and one of Octavian's chief advisers and speechwriters. Maecenas is cheerfully corrupt, at one point conspiring with Posca to steal a portion of Herod's bribe to Mark Antony.
Maecenas was homosexual but he loved his wife. According to Seneca, he divorced and remarried her several times because he was unhappy about her infidelity but could not help loving her. All Seneca's books mention some details of his life ; another important source is Elegies on Maecenas.
Gaius Maecenas, one of Augustus' most trusted friends. Terentia, Maecenas' wife and Augustus' favourite mistress. Octavia, the elder sister of Augustus and mother of Marcellus. She is one of the few people Julia truly loves. Marcellus, Julia's first husband and cousin. Horace, a poet beloved by Maecenas and Julia.
Gaius Melissus - freedman of Maecenas; Gaius Memmius - two praetors; ... Plautia Urgulanilla - Claudius' first wife; Gaius Fulvius Plautianus - consul; Plautius - jurist;