Lucius Varius Rufus

Lucius Varius Rufus (c. 74 – 14 BC) was a Roman poet of the early Augustan age. Quotes Tene magis salvum populus velit an populum tu?servet in ambiguo, qui consulit et tibi et Urbi, Iuppiter. May Jove, who watches with the same good-willO'er you and Rome, preserve the secret still,Whether the heart within you beats more trueTo Rome and to her sons, or theirs to you! From Panegyricus Augusti, quoted by Horace, Epistles, I, xvi, 27; John Conington, Satires, Epistles and Ars Poëtica (1869); see also: Norbert Guterman, A Book of Latin Quotations (1966), p. 118 External links Category:Poets from Rome Category:Latin authors