Aulus Persius Flaccus was a Roman poet and satirist who lived during the first century AD. He is best known for his six satires, which were written in Latin and are considered to be some of the most influential works of satire in the Western tradition.
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Aulus Persius Flaccus was a Roman poet and satirist of Etruscan origin. In his works, poems and satire, he shows a Stoic wisdom and a strong criticism for what he considered to be the stylistic abuses of his poetic contemporaries. His works, which became very popular in the Middle Ages, were published after his death by his friend and mentor, the Stoic philosopher Lucius Annaeus Cornutus.