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We are now suffering the evils of a long peace. Luxury, more deadly than war, broods… — Juvenal

Poem

We are now suffering the evils of a long peace. Luxury, more deadly than war, broods over the city, and avenges a conquered world.

In the original Latin

Nunc patimur longae pacis mala, saevior armis. Luxuria incubuit victumque ulciscitur orbem.

Juvenal
Satires · 127
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Topic
Decadence
Statement type
Paradox
Medium
Poem
Time
127Classical antiquity
Person
Juvenal
Provenance
Current citation
Juvenal. The Satires, translated by Niall Rudd. Oxford University Press, 2008, satire 6.
Original citation
Juvenal. Satirae [Satires]. c. 127, satire 6.

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