Martial

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Martial was a prominent Roman poet of the Silver Age renowned for his sharp, epigrammatic verses that satirized everyday life and society in ancient Rome.

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Martial canonical 10

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Latin-language writer
Silver Age Latin author
ancient Roman poet
person
poet
associatedWith Rome
birthPlace Bilbilis
Hispania Tarraconensis
Roman Hispania
linked to: Roman Spain
citizenship Roman Empire
contemporaryOf Domitian
Nerva
Trajan
culture Ancient Rome
linked to: Roman Antiquity
ethnicOrigin Hispano-Roman
linked to: Hispania (probable)
familyName Martialis
Valerius
floruit 1st century AD
fullName Marcus Valerius Martialis
genre epigram
satire
givenName Marcus
historicalPeriod early Roman Empire
influenced Renaissance humanist poets
later European epigrammatists
knownFor depictions of everyday life in ancient Rome
epigrammatic poetry
satire of Roman society
language Latin
literaryForm short epigrammatic poems
movement Silver Age of Latin literature
notableWork Epigrams
occupation poet
writer
residence Rome
subjectMatter Roman customs
personal invective
social satire
urban life
usesMeter elegiac couplet
various lyric meters
workCount 12 books of epigrams
writingStyle concise
realistic depiction of everyday life
satirical
witty

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Martin hasCognate Martial
Martial Raysse givenName Martial
To His Wife author Martial
Velabrum mentionedBy Martial
Epigrams (Martial) author Martial
Anthony Martial familyName Martial
Martial Solal givenName Martial
Carmina (Sidonius Apollinaris) influencedBy Martial
subject linked to: Carmina