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Persius
A sharp, morally serious Roman satirist, remembered for six compact poems that blend wit with Stoic conviction. Though he died young, his voice stayed influential for centuries and found devoted readers far beyond ancient Rome.
2 Audiobooks
The Satires of Juvenal, Persius, Sulpicia, and Lucilius Literally translated into English prose, with notes, chronological tables, arguments, &c.
by Juvenal, Gaius Lucilius, Persius, Sulpicia
The Satires of A. Persius Flaccus
by Persius
About the author
Born as Aulus Persius Flaccus in Volaterrae in Etruria in AD 34, Persius became one of the notable satirists of imperial Rome. Standard reference sources describe him as a Roman poet shaped by Stoic philosophy, and they place his short life within the reign of Nero.
As a young man he studied in Rome and came under the influence of the Stoic teacher Lucius Annaeus Cornutus. His surviving work consists of six satires, known for their compressed style, moral intensity, and criticism of literary affectation and social corruption.
Persius died in AD 62, still in his twenties, but his poems endured. Later readers valued the way his satire aimed not just to mock, but to reform, giving his work a tone that feels more earnest and philosophical than much Roman verse.