“Whatever men do is the stuff of our pages.” Juvenal, Sat. I.85–86
Mores · SaturaeSociety · Satire
Cliens pauper, indignationis poeta. Sedecim saturas scripsit, quibus urbem, divites, potentes, plebem — omnes denique — flagellavit.A poor client and the poet of indignation. His sixteen satires flogged the city, the rich, the powerful, the mob — in short, everyone.
Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?
Mores · SaturaeSociety · Satires
Populus qui olim imperia, fasces, legiones dabat, nunc duas tantum res anxius optat — et ne surgere quidem vult ut eas accipiat.The people who once handed out commands, fasces and legions now anxiously long for just two things — and won’t even get up to collect them.
a.d. V Id. Oct. · 11 Oct 2026
Ante primam lucem, in tabellam tuam: res orbis terrarum, a Romanis iudicatae.Before first light, on your tablet: the world’s affairs, judged by Romans.
Gratias. Cras ante lucem tabellarius veniet.Thank you. The courier arrives tomorrow before dawn.
Aliquid erravit. Iterum conare.Something went wrong. Please try again.
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