Horace and his peers By HALP 100 BCE Birth of Julius Caesar 85 BCE Birth of Marcus Junius Brutus the younger 70 BCE Publius Vergilius Maro is born 69 BCE Birth of Cleopatra (Approx.) 65 BCE Birth of Horace Period: 58 BCE to 42 BCE When Brutus was in office Period: 51 BCE to 30 BCE Reign of Cleopatra 49 BCE Julius Caesar led troops across Rubicon river against Pompeii 44 BCE Assassination of Julius Caesar 42 BCE Death of Brutus 42 BCE Horace defeated at Battle of Philippi Period: 42 BCE to 38 BCE Virgil's writing the hexameter Eclogues (/Bucolics) Approx. 30 BCE Death of Cleopatra 19 BCE Death of Virgil 8 BCE Quintus dies
