place
Venusia
also: Venusinus
Horace's birthplace, a colony on the Apulian-Lucanian border (modern Venosa) settled to guard Roman territory after the Samnites were expelled.
Reading notes
- The Odes §1.28 Venusine woods
The woods of Venusia, Horace's birthplace, spared the storm if the sailor does the burial.
- The Satires §2.1 of Venusia
Horace's birthplace (modern Venosa), a Roman colony on the Apulian-Lucanian border, settled as a frontier guard after the Samnites were driven out — hence his uncertain regional identity.