Joan Smith describes how the powerful women of ancient Rome’s first imperial dynasty were smeared as adulterers, poisoners ...

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Most people are familiar with the phrase “bread and circuses,” which Roman satirist Juvenal used to mock commoners’ taste for creature comforts and entertainment over civic duty.

A newly-appointed U.S. attorney is putting an unfortunate twist on the satirist Juvenal’s ancient question: “Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?” — “Who will guard the guards themselves?” ...

David Lodge, British author of perhaps the greatest works of campus satire of all-time, died on Jan. 1, 2025, at age 89, surrounded by his family at his home in Birmingham, England. I first read ...

Writing at the turn of the first century AD, the Roman satirist Juvenal posed a question which has haunted political discourse ever since; “Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?” (Who guards the guardians?) ...

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So I guess the same insight has been around for over 2,000 years. Sometimes it takes a satirist to figure this stuff out. In fact, Juvenal was the Jon Stewart of his time. Which means he only worked on ...

It included questions on texts from lyric poet and satirist Horace and Roman poet Juvenal. North Sydney Girls students Josephine Mao and Guinevere Eatough were among the 62 enrolled in the three ...

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“It’s difficult not to write satire,” said Juvenal of the times in which he lived, the late first and early second centuries. He found huge amusement, and much to disdain, in the quirks and ...