Satyrs of Decimus Junius Juvenalis

Two thousand years before podcasts and think pieces, a furious Roman poet perfected the art of public complaint. Juvenal's sixteen satires, here rendered into muscular English verse by John Dryden, are not gentle observations but venomous broadsides against the corruption, decadence, and hypocrisy of Imperial Rome. From degenerate aristocrats to grasping parvenus, from hollow celebrity culture to the absurdity of blind ambition, Juvenal lashes out at everything with a bitterness that feels startlingly modern. His famous line about 'who guards the guardians?' still echoes through every debate about power and accountability. Dryden's 17th-century translation captures the savage energy of the original, making this a collaboration between two of history's great satirists. For readers who crave sharp wit, moral fury, and verse that cuts like a blade.