biography
| name: |
Pollio, Gaius Asinius
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pronunciation:
[polioh]
| sex:
| male
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| born:
| 76 BC
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| died:
| 4 AD |
| biography:
| Roman orator, poet, and soldier. In the Civil War against Pompey he sided with Caesar. In 39 BC he commanded in Spain, and was appointed by Marcus Antonius to settle the veterans on the lands assigned them, saving Virgil's property from confiscation. He founded the first public library in Rome, and was the patron of Virgil and Horace. His orations, tragedies, and history of the civil wars have perished save for a few fragments. |
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