Juvenal Decimus Iunius Iuvenalis
satirist · Roman Empire · 55?–130?
A satirist who mocked life in the great city of Rome without mercy.
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c. AD 110
What am I to do in Rome? I do not know how to lie. If a book is bad, I cannot praise it and ask for a copy.
Quid Romae faciam? mentiri nescio; librum,
si malus est, nequeo laudare et poscereSatire 3
c. AD 110 · On life in a rented room in Rome, where the carts rumble all night
In this city it takes great wealth to get any sleep.
magnis opibus dormitur in urbe.Satire 3
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