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When did Horace write Ars poetica, also called the Epistle to the Pisos?
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Horace, bronze medal, 4th century; in the Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris
Horace wrote the Ars poetica, also known as the Epistle to the Pisos (Epistula ad Pisones), in approximately 19–18 BCE.12