Famous Italian Poets
Matthew Elliott
Updated on January 16, 2026
Birthdate: April 15, 0068
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Arezzo, Italy
Died: 0008 AD
Gaius Maecenas was a political advisor to Octavian, the first Roman emperor. A patron for several important Augustan poets, including Virgil and Horace, Gaius Maecenas also served as a quasi-culture minister during the reign of his friend Octavian, who came to be known as Augustus after becoming the Roman emperor.
