Martial

Nonfiction, History, Ancient History, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science
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Author: Patricia Watson, Prof Lindsay C. Watson ISBN: 9780857738936
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Publication: September 2, 2015
Imprint: I.B. Tauris Language: English
Author: Patricia Watson, Prof Lindsay C. Watson
ISBN: 9780857738936
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Publication: September 2, 2015
Imprint: I.B. Tauris
Language: English

Marcus Valerius Martialis, or Martial (born between 38 and 41 CE, died between 102 and 104 CE) is celebrated for his droll, frequently salacious, portrayal of Roman high and low society during the first century rule of the emperors Domitian, Nerva and Trajan. Considered the 'inventor' of the modern epigram, Martial was a native of Hispania, who came to Rome in the hope of securing both patronage and advancement. From the bath-houses, taverns and gymnasia to the sculleries and slave-markets of the capital, Martial in his famous Epigrams sheds merciless light on the hypocrisies and sexual mores or rich and poor alike. Lindsay C and Patricia Watson provide an attractive overview – for students of classics and ancient history, as well as comparative literature – of the chief themes of his sardonic writings. They show that Martial is of continuing and special interest because of his rediscovery in the Renaissance, when writers viewed him as an incisive commentator on failings similar to those of their own day. The later reception of Martial, by Juvenal and others, forms a major part of this informative survey.

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Marcus Valerius Martialis, or Martial (born between 38 and 41 CE, died between 102 and 104 CE) is celebrated for his droll, frequently salacious, portrayal of Roman high and low society during the first century rule of the emperors Domitian, Nerva and Trajan. Considered the 'inventor' of the modern epigram, Martial was a native of Hispania, who came to Rome in the hope of securing both patronage and advancement. From the bath-houses, taverns and gymnasia to the sculleries and slave-markets of the capital, Martial in his famous Epigrams sheds merciless light on the hypocrisies and sexual mores or rich and poor alike. Lindsay C and Patricia Watson provide an attractive overview – for students of classics and ancient history, as well as comparative literature – of the chief themes of his sardonic writings. They show that Martial is of continuing and special interest because of his rediscovery in the Renaissance, when writers viewed him as an incisive commentator on failings similar to those of their own day. The later reception of Martial, by Juvenal and others, forms a major part of this informative survey.

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