| English Abstract | 第1-5页 |
| Chinese Abstract | 第5-6页 |
| Contents | 第6-7页 |
| Introduction | 第7-9页 |
| Chapter One: Maecenas' career and his era | 第9-23页 |
| Ⅰ:The situation in the end of the Roman Republic and the beginning Principate | 第9-11页 |
| 1.The breakdown of the Republic and the civil wars | 第9-10页 |
| 2.The decline of the Senate | 第10页 |
| 3.The increasing importance of the order of Equites | 第10-11页 |
| Ⅱ:Maecenas' origin and his public life | 第11-18页 |
| 1:Maecenas's origin | 第11-12页 |
| 2.As a diplomatist and administrator | 第12-15页 |
| 3.As an adviser and counselor | 第15-16页 |
| 4.As a patron of literature | 第16-18页 |
| Ⅲ:Maecenas' status——in society and politics | 第18-23页 |
| 1.As a knight | 第18-20页 |
| 2.As an amicus of Augustus | 第20-23页 |
| Chapter Two: The literature sponsored by Maecenas | 第23-37页 |
| Ⅰ:The development of Roman literature to the Augustan Age | 第23-25页 |
| Ⅱ:The development of poetry in Rome and its political function | 第25-27页 |
| 1.The development of poetry | 第25-26页 |
| 2.The poetry in Golden Age and the relationship between poetry and politics | 第26-27页 |
| Ⅲ:Maecenas and his literature circle | 第27-31页 |
| 1.Maecenas' patronage for poets | 第27-30页 |
| 2.The necessity of political protection for writers | 第30-31页 |
| Ⅳ:The intention of Maecenas' patronage and The political elements in the main works of Maecenas' literature circle | 第31-37页 |
| 1.The intention——supporting Augustus' regime | 第31-33页 |
| 2.The political elements in his literature circle | 第33-37页 |
| Conclusion | 第37-38页 |
| Bibliography | 第38-41页 |
| Acknowledgement | 第41页 |
