English summary: The satires of A. Persius Flaccus (34 - 62 A.C), written in the times of the Roman emperor Nero, were a favourite reading in pagan as well as in christian antiquity, also in medieval times (we know about more than 650 manuscripts of the text of the satires between the 9th and 16th century); they were also reading matter in the schools and therefore commented many times. The commentaries of antiquity are lost, but transmitted in an...
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