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Which military position did Horace hold in Brutus’s army?
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Horace, bronze medal, 4th century; in the Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris
In the army of Marcus Junius Brutus, the Roman poet Horace held the position of tribunus militum (military tribune). This was considered an exceptional honor for a man of his background, as he was the son of a freedman.1