Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index The Carmen Saeculare (Latin for "Secular Hymn"), sometimes known as the Carmen for short, is a hymn written by the poet Horace. It was commissioned by the Roman emperor Augustus in 17 BC. External link The text of the Carmen Saeculare This article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by fixing it. This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.