by Marco Valerio Marcial · Ediciones Cátedra · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788437609508
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This edition of 'Complete Epigrams' by Martial, published by Ediciones Cátedra, presents a collection of epigrams by the Hispanic-Roman poet. The work offers an incisive and satirical view of Roman society, exploring themes such as daily life, customs, and characters of the time. This edition includes an introduction and notes by Dulce Estefanía, which facilitate the understanding and enjoyment of the poems.
Marcus Valerius Martialis was a Roman and Celtiberian poet born in Bilbilis, Hispania, best known for his twelve books of Epigrams, published in Rome between AD 86 and 103, during the reigns of the emperors Domitian, Nerva and Trajan. In these poems he satirises city life and the scandalous activities of his acquaintances and romanticises his provincial upbringing. A total of 1,561 epigrams written by him have survived, of which 1,235 are in elegiac couplets.
