Little is known of Juvenal’s life beyond his satire. His name only appears once, in a poem written to him by his friend, Martial. It is believed that Juvenal was born to a prosperous family in ...

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Your browser does not support the audio element. In this episode, we tackle Juvenal, whose sixteen satires influenced libertines, neoclassicists and early Christian ...

This is an extract from the episode. To listen in full, and to all our other Close Readings series, sign up: Conservative to a fault, Juvenal’s Satires rails against the rapid expansion and ...