Juvenal satirises insatiable ambition

Juvenal satirises insatiable ambition.‘Acti,’ inquit, ‘nihil est, nisi Poeno milite portas frangimus et media vexillum pono Subura.’‘Nothing is achieved’, he said, ‘unless we break the gates with a Carthaginian soldier and I plant the banner in the heart of Subura.’Acti: driven, led. In context here, it means an action that has happened.Inquit: he saysNihil est: nothing isNisi: unlessPoeno: by means of CarthaginianMilite: by means of soldierPortas: gatesFrangimus: we break Et: andMedia: in the middle ofVexillum: military standard, bannerPono: I place, plantSubura: ablative of the district of Rome