Original sentence: Although Horace portrays him as a poor, honest farmer (macro pauper agello, Satires 1.6.71), his father's business was actually a means for former slaves to amass wealth.Horace was a member of a literary circle that included Virgil and Lucius Varius Rufus; who introduced him to Maecenas, friend and confidant of Augustus.Nevertheless, he had the means to purchase a profitable life-time appointment as a scriba quaestorius, an official of the Treasury, which allowed him to get by comfortably and practice his poetic art.The elder Horace was able to spend considerable money on his son's education, accompanying him first to Rome for his primary education, and then sending him to Athens to study Greek and philosophy.The poet later expressed his gratitude in a tribute to his father.When an amnesty was declared for those who had fought against a victorious Octavian (the later Augustus), Horace returned to Italy, only to find his estate confiscated; his father had probably died by then
Edited sentence: Although Horace portrays him as a poor, honest farmer (macro pauper agello, Satires 1.6.71), his father's business was actually one of the ways for former slaves to amass wealth.He nevertheless had the means to purchase a profitable life-time appointment as a scriba quaestorius, an official of the Treasury, which allowed him to get by comfortably and practice his poetic art.Horace was a member of a literary circle that included Virgil and Lucius Varius Rufus; they introduced him to Maecenas, friend and confidant of Augustus.Not surprisingly, the elder Horace was able to spend considerable money on his son's education, accompanying him first to Rome for his primary education, and then sending him to Athens to study Greek and philosophy.The poet later expressed his gratitude in a touching tribute to his father.When an amnesty was declared for those who had fought against the victorious Octavian (the later Augustus), Horace returned to Italy, only to find his estate confiscated; his father had probably also died