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| Name: |
Marcus Valerius Martialis | | Variant Name: |
Martial | | Birth Date: |
c. 38 | | Death Date: |
c. 104 | | Place of Birth: |
Bilbilis, Spain | | Nationality: |
Spanish | | Gender: |
Male | | Occupations: |
epigrammatist |
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 Biography of Marcus Valerius Martialis
782 words, approx. 3 pages
 Martial (ca. 38-ca. 104), whose full name was Marcus Valerius Martialis, was a Roman epigrammatist. The development of the epigram as we know it was largely due to Martial's influence. His works give one of the best pictures of life in ancient Rome.... summary from source:
Biography of Martial
6,386 words, approx. 21 pages
 On learning of the recent death of Marcus Valerius Martialis in about A.D. 103, the younger Pliny wrote (Epistles 3.21), I hear that Valerius Martial is dead and I am very distressed. He was a man of remarkable talent; he had a perceptive and sharp... 
Encyclopedia and Summary Information
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 Martial Information
2,869 words, approx. 10 pages
Marcus Valerius Martialis, known in English as Martial, was a Latin poet from Hispania (the Iberian Peninsula) best known for his twelve books of <i>Epigrams</i>, published in Rome between AD 86 and 103, during the reigns of the emperors Domitian, Nerva...
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12/19/2006: 275 words, approx. 1 pagesThe powerful army commander who led a coup in September said Tuesday that martial law needs to be maintained in certain parts of Thailand, citing recent arson attacks targeting schools in the country's north and northeast.Gen. Sondhi Boonyaratkalin said "ill-intended people" are behind the attacks...
 Literary Criticism
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 Critical Essay by J. P. Sullivan
18,373 words, approx. 61 pages
In the following excerpt, Sullivan focuses on the poet's structural and technical artistry. Sullivan analyzes Martial's arrangement of epigrams within individual volumes, the variety of endings and metrical forms in his epigrams, his innovations in poetic diction and imagery, and the different kinds of humor Martial employs in his verses.
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Critical Essay by William S. Anderson
13,996 words, approx. 47 pages
In the essay below, Anderson contrasts the function of wit in Martial and Juvenal by an extended comparison of their poetry, particularly Martial's epigram 3.52 and Juvenal's third satire. He calls attention to significant differences in tone and purpose—even when the basic material is the same—and distinguishes between Martial's primary interest in humor and Juvenal's subordination of wit to serious thematic issues.
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Critical Essay by H. E. Butler
11,639 words, approx. 39 pages
In the essay below, Butler offers a variety of judgments regarding Martial's life and work. He complains that Martial lacks seriousness and is guilty of lewdness, yet he credits the poet with an elegant style and a realistic view of his own abilities.
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