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Main Author: Martialis, Marcus Valerius 38-102 (Author)
Other Authors: Shackleton Bailey, David R. 1917-2005 (Editor, Translator)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Latin
Published: Cambridge, MA Harvard University Press
Series:Loeb Classical Library 94-95, 480
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Item Description:Includes index
In his epigrams, Martial (c. 40-c. 103 CE) is a keen, sharp-tongued observer of Roman scenes and events, including the new Colosseum, country life, a debauchee's banquet, and the eruption of Vesuvius. His poems are sometimes obscene, in the tradition of the genre, sometimes affectionate or amusing, and always pointed

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