Note 404 — JUVENAL'S SATIRES. (continued 2)
Lewis Evans translation
Frangendâ. The busts of great criminals were broken by the common executioner. Cf. x., 58, "Descendunt statuæ restemque sequuntur." Tac., Ann., vi., 2, "Atroces sententiæ dicebantur in effigies." Cf. Ruperti, ad Tac., Ann., ii., 32. Suet., Domit., 23.
"He blast his wretched kindred with a bust, For public justice to reduce to dust." Gifford.