Juvenal

[[Book frontispiece|Frontispiece]] from [[John Dryden]], ''The<br/>[[Satires of Juvenal|Satires of Decimus Junius Juvenalis]]:<br/>And of [[Aulus Persius Flaccus]]'' Decimus Junius Juvenalis (), known in English as Juvenal ( ), was a Roman poet active in the late first and early second century AD. He is the author of the collection of satirical poems known as the ''Satires''. The details of Juvenal's life are unclear, although references within his text to known persons of the late first and early second centuries AD fix his earliest date of composition. One recent scholar argues that his first book was published in 100 or 101. A reference to a political figure dates his fifth and final surviving book to sometime after 127.

Juvenal wrote at least 16 poems in the verse form dactylic hexameter. These poems cover a range of Roman topics. This follows Lucilius—the originator of the Roman satire genre, and it fits within a poetic tradition that also includes Horace and Persius. The ''Satires'' are a vital source for the study of ancient Rome from a number of perspectives, although their comic mode of expression makes it problematic to accept the content as strictly factual. At first glance the ''Satires'' could be read as a critique of Rome. That critique may have ensured their preservation by the Christian monastic scriptoria, although the majority of ancient texts did not survive. Provided by Wikipedia
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    by Juvenal
    Published 1918
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    by Juvenal
    Published 1969
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    by Juvenal
    Published 1958
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    by Juvenal
    Published 1974
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    by Juvenal
    Published 1983
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    by Juvenal
    Published 1965
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    by Juvenal
    Published 1890
    Book
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    by Juvenal
    Published 1963
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    by Juvenal
    Microform Book
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    by Juvenal
    Published 1689
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    by Juvenal
    Published 1700
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    by Juvenal
    Published 1656
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    by Juvenal
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    by Juvenal
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    by Juvenal
    Published 1699
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    by Juvenal
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