`I wholeheartedly welcome the publication of this book. It will be immensely helpful to those of us who have to teach Roman satire in translation and the general reader will find it a reliable and readable version of an author who still has much to say to us.'Raymond Astbury, University College, Dublin

• Why write satire; hypocritical perverts; the evils of the big city; the emperor's fish; a tyrannical host; Roman wives; the plight of intellectuals; true nobility; the woes of a gigolo; the futility of aspirations; a simple life-style; welcome to a survivor; a consolation; the influence of vicious parents; a case of cannibalism; the advantages of army life.

`I wholeheartedly welcome the publication of this book. It will be immensely helpful to those of us who have to teach Roman satire in translation and the general reader will find it a reliable and readable version of an author who still has much to say to us.'Raymond Astbury, University College, Dublin

• Why write satire; hypocritical perverts; the evils of the big city; the emperor's fish; a tyrannical host; Roman wives; the plight of intellectuals; true nobility; the woes of a gigolo; the futility of aspirations; a simple life-style; welcome to a survivor; a consolation; the influence of vicious parents; a case of cannibalism; the advantages of army life.