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The Satires of Juvenal, Persius, Sulpicia, and Lucilius

Note 881 — JUVENAL'S SATIRES. (continued 3)

Lewis Evans translation

Grandia pocula. Alluding perhaps to some of Nero's sacrilegious spoliations. Suet., Ner., 32, 38. It was customary for kings and nations allied with Rome to send crowns and other valuable offerings to the temple of Capitoline Jove and others.

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