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4 results for "mockery"
1. Cicero, On The Nature of The Gods, 2.8 (2nd cent. BCE - 1st cent. BCE)  Tagged with subjects: •mockery/irony/parody, by juvenal Found in books: Gruen (2020) 89
2.8. Caelius writes that Gaius Flaminius after ignoring the claims of religion fell at the battle of Trasimene, when a serious blow was inflicted on the state. The fate of these men may serve to indicate that our empire was won by those commanders who obeyed the dictates of religion. Moreover if we care to compare our national characteristics with those of foreign peoples, we shall find that, while in all other respects we are only the equals or even the inferiors of others, yet in the sense of religion, that is, in reverence for the gods, we are far superior.
2. Juvenal, Satires, 3.58-3.60 (1st cent. CE - 2nd cent. CE)  Tagged with subjects: •nan Found in books: Gruen (2020) 89
3. Martial, Epigrams, 8.61.5 (1st cent. CE - 2nd cent. CE)  Tagged with subjects: •mockery/irony/parody, by juvenal Found in books: Gruen (2020) 89
4. Martial, Epigrams, 8.61.5 (1st cent. CE - 2nd cent. CE)  Tagged with subjects: •mockery/irony/parody, by juvenal Found in books: Gruen (2020) 89