Liceo Classico “Quinto Orazio Flacco” is the oldest institution for secondary education in the city of Bari, Apulia, Italy. Commonly known as Flacco, this liceo classico welcomes students from 14 to 19 years of age. The scholastic environments (classrooms and offices) are still located in the original building, which was built along a stretch of Bari’s Lungomare in 1933. Education A liceo classico is the oldest type of secondary school in Italy. The educational curriculum lasts for five years and it is particularly focused on the study of humanities. Today, the Flacco is commonly considered a highly formative school, also due to its singular characteristic of a broad teaching of ancient languages and traditional subjects as history and philosophy. In fact, the study of Latin and ancient Greek, along with their literature, is peculiar of this kind of institution. However, in the past thirty years the Flacco has witnessed multiple changes in its didactics. Progressively, mathematics, informatics and sciences became an important part of the curriculum. Then, the study of the English language became mandatory for all the five years and a program specifically destined to history of art and archaeology became part of the school’s offerings. Audio and video materials were also integrated in the learning experience. The course of studies is divided in two years of ginnasio (4th ginnasio and 5th ginnasio, which are technically a continuation of middle school) and three years of liceo (1st, 2nd and 3rd liceo). This denomination of the classes is different from any other type of school in Italy and it comes directly from the Gentile Reform, approved during the fascist regime. At the end of the five years, students must complete and pass the esame di maturità (Italian for “exam of maturity”) to obtain their certificate and go on to university. Quintus Horatius Flaccus The Flacco is dedicated to the Latin author Quintus Horatius Flaccus, native of the Apulian city of Venosa. Usually known in the English-speaking world as Horace, he was the leading Roman lyric poet during the time of Augustus. His works were composed in elegant and serious hexameter verses and caustic iambic poetry. According to Quintilian, he was at times lofty, yet also full of charm and grace, and daring in his choice of words. He was politically active as a spokesman of Augustus’s regime. This was arguably the reason of his relative independence in his literary work,