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Martial

1st-century Latin poet from Hispania

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Also known as Marcus Valerius Martialis

Born: March 40
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1.Stated in Encyclopædia Britannicabritannica.com/biography/Martial-Roman-poet
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1.Stated in Q45203789
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1.Stated in EB-1911 / Martial
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Died: 104
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1.Stated in SNACRetrieved 2017-10-09
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Birthplace: Augusta Bilbilis
Place of death: Augusta Bilbilis
Citizenship: Ancient Rome
Occupation: poet
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1.Stated in The Fine Art Archive DbRetrieved 2021-04-01
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, writer
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1.Stated in Mirabile: Digital Archives for Medieval Culture
2.Stated in Library of the World's Best Literature
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Spouse: Marcella
Languages spoken, written or signed: Latin
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1.Stated in Mirabile: Digital Archives for Medieval Culture
2.Stated in CONOR.SI
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Marcus Valerius Martialis was a Roman poet born in Bilbilis, 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 poems he satirises city life and the scandalous activities of his acquaintances, and romanticises his provincial upbringing. A total of 1,561 epigrams written by him have survived, of which 1,235 are in elegiac couplets.

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Sex or gender: male
Genre: satire
Praenomen: Marcus
Time period: High Roman Empire
Nomen gentilicium: Valerius
Gens: Valeria gens
Writing language: Latin
Cognomen: Martialis
Copyright status as a creator: copyrights on works have expired applies to jurisdiction: worldwide
Field of work: epigram
Name in native language: Marcus Valerius Martialis
Different from: Martial criterion used: personal name refers to multiple people · applies to name of object: Martial
Mother: Flaccilla
Commons Creator page: Martial

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