Gaius Maecenas
ALLY, FRIEND AND POLITICAL ADVISOR TO OCTAVIAN
Maecenas; Gaius Cilnius Maecenas; Caius Clinius Mecaenas; Maecenatism; Caius Maecenas; Mæcenas; Terentia (wife of Maecenas)
Gaius Cilnius Maecenas ( – 8 BC) was a friend and political advisor to Octavian, who later reigned as Augustus. He was also an important patron for the new generation of Augustan poets, including both Horace and Virgil.