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Marcus Valerius Martialis

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Born: March 1, 40 AD, in Augusta Bilbilis ; Died: ca. 102 AD--Marcus Valerius Martialis, known in English as Martial, was a Latin poet from Hispania best known for his twelve books of Epigrams, published in Rome between AD 86 and 103, during the reigns of the emperors Domitian, Nerva and Trajan. In these short, witty poems he cheerfully satirises city life and the scandalous activities of his acquaintances, and romanticises his provincial upbringing. Considered the creator of the modern epigram, Martial wrote a total of 1,561 - 1,235 of which are in elegiac couplets.

Marcus Valerius Martialis

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Born: March 1, 40 AD, in Augusta Bilbilis ; Died: ca. 102 AD--Marcus Valerius Martialis, known in English as Martial, was a Latin poet from Hispania best known for his twelve books of Epigrams, published in Rome between AD 86 and 103, during the reigns of the emperors Domitian, Nerva and Trajan. In these short, witty poems he cheerfully satirises city life and the scandalous activities of his acquaintances, and romanticises his provincial upbringing. Considered the creator of the modern epigram, Martial wrote a total of 1,561 - 1,235 of which are in elegiac couplets.

Books from Marcus Valerius Martialis

Epigrams

Martial's Epigrams: A Selection

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I cento epigrammi proibiti

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Epigrams, Volume III, Books 11-14. (Loeb Classical Library No. 480)

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The Dedalus Book of Roman Decadence: Emperors of Debauchery

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Lapidi e amori - 111 epigrammi

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Martial Art

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Martial Reader: Selections from the Epigrams

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Marziale. Epigrammi d'amore

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Romersk litteratur: Dikter och prosa

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Liber Spectaculorum

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Epigramas I (1-6)

One Hundred and Twenty Epigrams of Martial

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Epigrammaton liber I

Martial, Book VII. a Commentary: Translated by J. J. Zoltowsky

Selected Epigrams of Martial

Epigramas: Libro de los Espectáculos y Libro I

Satire si epigrame

Verzamelde epigrammen

Izabrani epigrami