Patron of Poetry
Paullus is mentioned by Juvenal as having been a generous patron of poetry. He is also mentioned (along with Iullus Antonius by name in Horace's third poem (from the year 13 BCE) and hinted at in one of Horace's odes. He is also the recipient of a wedding song composed by the poet Ovid. Ovid also wrote to Paullus during the exile of the former.
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