Caecubum

Reading notes

• The Odes §1.20 Caecuban

  A grand wine of southern Latium — the kind Maecenas drinks, unlike Horace's modest cups.

• The Odes §1.37 Caecuban

  The grand wine forbidden from the ancestral cellars while Cleopatra threatened Rome — now broached in triumph.

• The Odes §2.14 Caecuban

  The grand wine the unworthy heir will squander once its hoarder is dead.

• The Odes §3.28 Caecuban

  The choice wine to be drawn for Neptune's feast.

• The Epodes §9 the Caecuban

  Caecuban, a top-grade wine of southern Latium, laid down for a feast to celebrate Caesar's victory.

• The Satires §2.8 bearing Caecuban

  Caecuban, from a marshy district of southern Latium, was among Rome's most prized wines.