Together with Juvenal, Horace is recognised as one of the major influences on English satire, often categorised as either ‘Horatian’ or ‘Juvenalian’. His conversational verses are a tolerant and amused reflection on contemporary life, engaging with human failings such as greed, avarice and sexual betrayal.
Juvenal’s 16 poems deal with life in Rome at the end of the first century and beginning of the second century CE. Biting, angry and sarcastic, they denounce corruption and human folly.
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