In 44 BC, conspirators led by Brutus and Cassius assassinated Gaius Julius Caesar, Roman Emperor.

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Virgil and Horace enjoyed the bounty of Gaius Maecenas, and in return wrote poetic ad copy for Gaius' pal Caesar Augustus.

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