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This lively translation accurately captures the wit and uncensored bawdiness of the epigrams of Martial, who satirized Roman society, both high and low, in the first century CE. His pithy little poems amuse, but also offer vivid insight into the world of patrons and clients, doctors and lawyers, prostitutes, slaves, and social climbers in ancient Rome.

Selected Epigrams

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    A Paperback by Martial Martial, Susan McLean

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      Publisher: MP-WIS Uni of Wisconsin
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 12/30/2014 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780299301743, 978-0299301743
      ISBN10: 0299301745
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      Book Synopsis
      This lively translation accurately captures the wit and uncensored bawdiness of the epigrams of Martial, who satirized Roman society, both high and low, in the first century CE. His pithy little poems amuse, but also offer vivid insight into the world of patrons and clients, doctors and lawyers, prostitutes, slaves, and social climbers in ancient Rome.

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