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    Marcus Valerius Martialis (known in English as Martial /ˈmɑːrʃəl/; March, between 38 and 41 AD – between 102 and 104 AD) was a Roman poet born in Hispania...
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    dictator Marcus Aemilius Papus, 321 BC. Marcus Valerius L. f. Flaccus, father of Lucius Valerius Flaccus, the consul of 261 BC. Lucius Valerius M. f. L...
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    Asper (1st and 2nd centuries AD), grammarian, literary critic Marcus Valerius Martialis (AD 40 – 104), poet, epigrammatist Publius Papinius Statius (AD...
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    In ancient Roman religion, the Flamen Martialis was the high priest of the official state cult of Mars, the god of war. He was one of the flamines maiores...
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    sometimes referred to as "rush leeks". It was mentioned in 80 A.D. by Marcus Valerius Martialis in his "Epigrams". He who bears chives on his breath, Is safe...
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    the Latin name of a gamebird mentioned by Pliny the Elder and Marcus Valerius Martialis. It was possibly a grouse. The species is monotypic: no subspecies...
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    (falling on one's own sword/dagger). She is the subject of one of Marcus Valerius Martialis' epigrams. ON ARRIA AND PAETUS. When the chaste Arria handed to...
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  • Insult Comic Dog, Joan Rivers, Bianca Del Rio, Roy 'Chubby' Brown, Marcus Valerius Martialis, Jonathan Ross, Jeffrey Ross, Dave Attell, Lisa Lampanelli, D...
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    Denominazione di Origine Protetta "Oliva Ascolana del Piceno"" (PDF). Marcus Valerius Martialis. Epigrams, IX, 54. Gaius Petronius Arbiter. Satyricon, 31. Wikimedia...
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    Secundus (Pliny the Younger), Epistulae (Letters). Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial), Epigrams. Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian), Institutio Oratoria...
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  • Lucius Calpurnius Piso Licinianus, Roman co-emperor (d. AD 69) Marcus Valerius Martialis, Roman Latin poet (approximate date) June 10 – Julia Drusilla...
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  • AD 70. Gnaeus Afranius Dexter, a friend of the epigrammatist Marcus Valerius Martialis, was consul suffectus from the Kalends of May in AD 105. He was...
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    urinate, Caracalla was approached by a soldier, Justin Martialis, and stabbed to death. Martialis had been incensed by Caracalla's refusal to grant him...
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  • veritas odium parit, Andria, vv. 67-68). The right panel quotes Marcus Valerius Martialis: "He grieves truly who grieves without a witness." (Ille dolet...
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  • also Flamen Martialis, the sacred priest of Mars. In addition, Flaccus had two homonymous cousins active during his lifetime: Gaius Valerius Flaccus, who...
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    (Natural History). Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian), Institutio Oratoria (Institutes of Oratory). Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial), Epigrammata...
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    then the town has been inhabited continuously. The Roman poet Marcus Valerius Martialis (Epigrams Book IV, 55) "recalls in grateful verse" the town of...
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    however, William Radcliff (1921) gave the credit to Martial (Marcus Valerius Martialis), born some two hundred years before Aelianus, who wrote: ...Who...
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    still a popular element. Marcus Valerius Martialis, Liber spectaculorum 5.78.22–27, 6.71.1 & 3.63.3 Marcus Valerius Martialis, Liber spectaculorum 1.41...
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    Lobera (2,226 m). This mountain was mentioned as Mons Caius by Marcus Valerius Martialis in Ancient Roman times. The nearest large town to Moncayo is Tarazona...
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  • Factorum ac Dictorum Memorabilium (Memorable Facts and Sayings). Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial), Epigrammata (Epigrams). Publius Cornelius Tacitus, Historiae...
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  • Philosophy. Translated by Joel C. Relihan. p. 205. ISBN 1603843361. Marcus Valerius Martialis, Epigrams, iii. 20.  This article incorporates text from a publication...
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  • (Antiquities of the Jews), Bellum Judaïcum (The Jewish War). Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial), Epigrammata (Epigrams). Decimus Junius Juvenalis, Satirae...
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  • 97. Fay (1907), p. 13. Joseph S. Salemi "Three Sexual Poems by Marcus Valerius Martialis" Adams (1982), p. 98. Adams (1982), p. 110. Quoted in Williams...
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  • Lucius Valerius Flaccus was Flamen Martialis, and received the consulship in 131 BC with Publius Lucinius Crassus, then Pontifex Maximus. Flaccius wished...
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  • Secundus (Pliny the Elder), Historia Naturalis (Natural History). Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial), Epigrammata (Epigrams). Publius Cornelius Tacitus,...
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    earlier letters, which include tributes to notable figures such as Marcus Valerius Martialis, Pliny's protégé (3.21). Advice is offered to friends, references...
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  • p/nf) Martial (c. 38–41 – c. 102–1904, Roman E, p), full name Marcus Valerius Martialis Andrew Martin (born 1962, England, f/nf) Ann M. Martin (born 1955...
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  • Commentarii de Bello Gallico (Commentaries on the Gallic War). Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial), Epigrammata (Epigrams). Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus...
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    Licinianus, Roman co-emperor (d. AD 69) Marcus Valerius Martialis, Roman Latin poet (approximate date) AD 39 November 3 – Marcus Annaeus Lucanus, Roman poet (d...
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