Gaius Cilnius Maecenas (13 April 70 BC – ? October 8 BC) was an ally, friend
and political advisor to
Octavian (who was to become the first Emperor of
Rome as
Caesar Augustus)
as well as an important patron for the new generation of Augustan poets. During
the reign of Augustus, Maecenas served as a quasi
-culture minister to the Emperor. His name has become a byword for a wealthy, generous and enlightened patron
of the arts.
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