721. e.g. Claudius Etruscus, who held the imperial secretaryship of finance under Nero and Vespasian, and Abascantus, the secretary _ab epistulis_ to Domitian. Stat. _Silv._ iii. 3, v. 1. 722. For a fine picture of the exclusive Roman spirit, cp. _Le procurateur de Judée_, by Anatole France in _L'Étui de nacre_. 723. iii. 60-125. 724. xiv. 96 sqq. 725. i. 130 sqq, and the whole of xv. Above all, he hates the Egyptian Crispinus, cp. iv. 2. 726. i. 102 sqq. 727. For the tradition of coarseness see chapter on Martial, p. 263. 728. It has been pointed out that the epigrams of Martial addressed to Juvenal are disfigured by gross obscenities. It is, however, a little unfair to make Juvenal responsible for his friend's observations. 729. The sixth satire abounds throughout its great length with sketches of the most appalling clearness and power, though they tend to crudeness of colour and are few of them suitable for quotation. 730. xiii. 120 sqq. 731. x. 346 sqq. 732. xiii. 180. 733. ix. 32, xii. 63. 734. vii. 194 sqq., ix. 33. 735. xiii. 192-249. 736. xii. 3-6, 89 sqq. 737. Such obscurity as he presents is due almost entirely to the fact that we have lost the key to his topical allusions. He has a strong affection for ingenious periphrases (e.g. v. 139, vi. 159, x. 112, xii. 70), but they are as a rule effective and amusing.