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Juvenal was a satirist, she says, not an objective reporter; he may have been wryly speculating.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 27, 2026
Juvenal cast his ire toward a gladiatrix named Mevia.
From Salon • Nov. 26, 2024
Dairo Juvenal Mucutuy, another uncle, told local media that one of kids said he wanted to start walking.
From Seattle Times • Jun. 11, 2023
The Roman poet Juvenal asked: “Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?”
From Washington Post • May 19, 2022
But he deals with these topics rather in the spirit of raillery adopted by Plautus, than in that of Juvenal.
From The Roman Poets of the Republic by Sellar, W. Y.
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