people
the Dacians
Dacians
also: Daci
A warlike people north of the Danube, a live political worry of the 30s BC; the curious quiz Horace for inside news of them because of his closeness to Maecenas.
Reading notes
- The Odes §1.35 Dacian
The fierce Danubian people who, with others, fear Fortune's power.
- The Odes §2.20 Dacian
The Danubian warrior 'who hides his fear of the Marsian cohort.'
- The Odes §3.6 Dacian
With the Ethiopian, nearly destroyed faction-ridden Rome ('a terror with his fleet').
- The Satires §2.6 about the Dacians
A warlike people beyond the Danube, a real anxiety of the 30s BC; people quiz Horace for inside news, supposing his closeness to Maecenas makes him privy to state secrets.