satirists

voltaire

Great satirists save their most sardonic wit for the greedy, the corrupt, and the hypocritical.

Sarcasm

There were many Roman satirists, satire was a genre of Latin literature. Satire was not used to attack the city of Rome. It was used rise questions about morality, superstition and habits and to mock the hypocrisy found in society. It used laughter as a tool for self-criticism.

Famous Roman satirists were Lucilius, Horace, Petronius, Martial, Juvenal and Apuleius.