Why were Horace, Martial, and Juvenal popular poets?

A. They honored Roman gods and goddesses

B. They preserved traditional tales of heroism

C. They recorded important historic events.

D. They satirized Roman society.

D. They satirized Roman society. W ithin a poetic tradition of Roman satire that included Juvenal, Martial and Horace they wrote a range of topics across the Roman world. T heir hyperbolic, comic mode of expression makes the use of statements found within them as simple fact problematic.