Horatius Flaccus (iii)

Documentary References | DR059

Author details/dating: Poet Ob 8 BCE

Instrument Cited: Cornu Tuba

Citation Reference: VIDERIS Satirae I, 6, 44.

Citation Content: Et Messalla Vide ? At hic, si plostra ducenta Concurrantque foro tria funera, magna sonabit Cornua quod Vincatque tubas The corpse was carried in procession from his house with the noise of trumpets, horns and fifes.

Recent Reference: Fleischhauer 1960: p.502