Juvenal
Decimus Iunius Iuvenalis (c. 55-c. 138 CE) was the greatest Roman satirical poet. His sixteen Satires, written under Trajan and Hadrian, savaged the vices of Rome with a fury and rhetorical power unmatched in Latin literature. His coin phrases — 'bread and circuses' (panem et circenses), 'a healthy mind in a healthy body' (mens sana in corpore sano), 'who watches the watchmen?' (quis custodiet ipsos custodes?) — have passed directly into English and Western political vocabulary.
- Nationality: roman
- Roles: poet, satirist
