A new commentary on the first book of satires of the Roman satirist Juvenal.

Translations of Juvenal's Satires by authors from the 16th to the 20th century.

Rooted in the traditional land-owning class, Juvenal wrote brilliant and inflammatory satires on the decadent and corrupt Roman élite, a fact that resulted in him being exiled from Rome for many years.

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations.

The first commentary to adopt an integrated approach to Satire 6 by drawing together a multiplicity of different perspectives.