The Roman Empire brought many new ideas and inventions that are to this day considered revolutionary. Elaborate viaducts, commercialized agriculture, etc. Romans could also enjoy comedic plays, and the oldest joke book known to mankind, intitled Philogelos, stems from the late Empire and contains a collection of jokes stemming from that society. The content from these jokes and plays, however, often portrays the female gender negatively, placing them as the butt of the joke. This was the subject of my final essay for the class on Ancient Rome. Satirical texts by poets of the mid-to-late…