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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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  • 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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    Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus (born Gaius Octavius; 23 September 63 BC – 19 August AD 14), also known as Octavian (Latin: Octavianus), was the founder of...
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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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  • jurist Gaius Acilius Gaius Antonius Gaius Antonius Hybrida Gaius Asinius Gallus Gaius Asinius Pollio Gaius Ateius Capito Gaius Aurelius Cotta Gaius Calpurnius...
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  • Wyndham (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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  • Oetker List of awards for contributions to culture Gaius Maecenas, Roman advisor and eponym of the Maecenas distinction Website Arbeitskreis selbständiger...
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    pool was built by Gaius Maecenas in his gardens on the Esquiline Hill of Rome, likely sometime between 38 and 8 BC. Gaius Maecenas was a wealthy imperial...
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    of power. In this appeal to his friend and patron, the aristocratic Gaius Maecenas, Horace describes the Siculae dapes or "Sicilian feasts" as providing...
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  • philosopher Melissus of Thebes, Greek athlete contrasted to Orion by Pindar Gaius Maecenas Melissus (fl. early 1st century AD), Roman writer Paulus Melissus (1539–1602)...
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    Julia." In 37 BC, during Julia's early childhood, Octavian's friends Gaius Maecenas and Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa concluded an agreement with Octavian's...
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    conducted negotiations through intermediaries (the envoys were Gaius Maecenas and Gaius Asinius Pollio, respectively). Negotiations for the treaty completed...
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    Octaviae, which would later be organized by Gaius Maecenas Melissus, former slave of the famous Maecenas. Sextus Propertius wrote an epikedion for Marcellus...
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    along the shore, both to the east and to the northwest of the town. Gaius Maecenas also had a villa. Many ancient masterpieces of sculpture have been found...
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    conspiracy to assassinate Octavian, but the plot was discovered by Gaius Maecenas. The younger Lepidus was executed, but the former triumvir himself was...
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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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  • (such as the English "mecenate") that are derived from the name of Gaius Maecenas, generous friend and adviser to the Roman Emperor Augustus. Some patrons...
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    Bulkhead, Gallery Narrator The Mr. Peabody & Sherman Show Mansa Musa, Gaius Maecenas, various voices 2015 Sofia the First King Kamea Episode: "Stormy Lani"...
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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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  • Adam Crawford Bad Education Richard Blandings Colonel Fanshawe Plebs Gaius Maecenas 2014–2016 Outlander Reverend Wakefield 6 episodes 2015 Love and Friendship...
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    Marcellus, causing Octavia to faint. Augustus' advisors, Marcus Agrippa and Gaius Maecenas, can be seen watching in the background. The painting is based on an...
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    between 170 and 160 BC. Titinius, writing in the second century BC. Gaius Maecenas Melissus, 1st century playwright of a "comedy of manners". Seneca, 1st...
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  • Rutherford as Jocasta (season 2), Octavia's friend. Alex Wyndham as Gaius Maecenas (season 2), one of Octavian's chief advisors. Ronan Vibert as Lepidus...
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    impaling. It draws on Seneca the Younger, Hesychius of Alexandria, Gaius Maecenas and Pliny the Elder. To speak of what Lipsius would later call the crux...
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    sister of Octavian. Octavian seized the opportunity and had his minister Gaius Maecenas produce a propaganda campaign against Antony. Nearly all Romans felt...
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    Bathyllus (category Gaius Maecenas)
    during the period of Augustus. Born in Alexandria, he was the favourite of Maecenas. He is often described with the performer Pylades, who was seen as the...
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    at the end of 45 BC Caesar sent him, along with his friends Agrippa, Gaius Maecenas, and Quintus Salvidienus Rufus, to Apollonia in Macedonia. There, Octavius...
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  • Honorees". Cooper Hewitt. 17 May 2014. "Patron of Art Edition 2011 Gaius Maecenas - USA". Mont Blanc. "Creative Time Gala Honoring Craig Robins". Creative...
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  • Maduro, Dutch resistance fighter – Madurodam. Gaius Maecenas, Roman patron of literature and the arts – maecenas (arts patron) Ferdinand Magellan, Portuguese...
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