Note 593 — JUVENAL'S SATIRES. (continued 2)
Lewis Evans translation
Ulubris. Cf. Hor., i., Ep. xi., 30, "Est Ulubris, animus si non tibi deficit æquus." Another joke at the expense of the plebeian ædiles (cf. iii., 162), who had the charge of inspecting weights and measures, markets and provisions, roads, theatres, etc. These functionaries still exist (as Gifford says), "as ragged and consequential" as ever, in the Italian villages, retaining their old name of Podestà.
"Deal out the law, and curb with high decree The tricks of trade at empty Ulubræ." Hodgson.