MARTIAL

Martial

Marcus Valerius Martialis, was a Spanish 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. He wrote a total of 1,561, of which 1,235 are in elegiac couplets. He is considered to be the creator of the modern epigram.

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martial

Adjective

  1. Of, relating to, or suggestive of war; warlike.
  2. Relating to or connected with the armed forces or the profession of arms or military life.
  3. Characteristic of or befitting a warrior; having a military bearing; soldierly, soldierlike, warriorlike.


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