Who is Gaius Maecenas?
Gaius Maecenas (historically, Gaius Maecenas), played by Alex Wyndham. Maecenas first appears in Testudo et Lepus; he is a poet and longtime friend of Gaius Octavian and Marcus Agrippa, and one of Octavian’s chief advisers and speechwriters. Maecenas is cheerfully corrupt, at one point conspiring with Posca to steal a portion of Herod’s bribe to Mark Antony. He frequently indulges in orgies and narcotics, attends to a cadre of spies, keeps pleasure slaves of both sexes, and shows no hesitance when faced with moral quandaries. Maecanes is one of Octavian’s advisers as well as being a poet and a speech writer. Lifelong friends with Octavian and Marcus Agrippa, Maecanes is cheerfully corrupt. At one point even conspiring with Posca to steal a portion of Herod’s bribe to Mark Antony. He frequently indulges in orgies and narcotics, attends to a cadre of spies, keeps pleasure slaves of both sexes and shows no hesitance whatsoever when faced with moral quandaries.
