marcus valerius martialis Flashcards
martial full name
marcus valerius martialis
martial years
40-104 AD
when was martial’s exact birthday
march 1, 40 AD
whose name commemorates is march 1st birth
martial
what is significant of the name martial
commemorates his march 1st birthday
where was martial born
bilbilis spain
who was born is bilbilis spain
martial
who claimed iberian and celtic ancestry
martial
what two races did martial’s ancestry consist of
iberian and celtic
when did martial come to rome
63 AD
who was poor and depended on patronage
martial
who held the rank of tribunus and eques
martial
what two ranks did martial hold
tribunus and eques
what grant did martial recieve
ius trium liberorum
what is the ius trium liberorum
granted to fathers of three children
who received the ius trium liberorum
martial
why did martial receive the ius trium liberorum
as a favor
who wrote liber spectaculorum
martial
what did martial’s liber spectaculorum celebrate
opening of colosseum in 80 A.D.
when did colosseum open
80 A.D.
who wrote a work commemorating the opening of the colosseum
martial
what other name is martial’s liber spectaculorum known by
liber de spectaculis
how many poems is martial’s liber spectaculorum
33 poems
what are the poems in liber spectaculorum about
praise of the emperor
who wrote many epigrams
martial
how many books of epigrams did martial write
14
who was disgusted by the city of rome so he returned home to bilbilis
martial
who titled some of his works “xenia” and “apophoreta”
martial
what do “xenia” and “apophoreta” mean
gifts to friends during the saturnalia
which of martial’s works was “xenia”
book 8 of epigrams
what of martial’s work was “apophoreta”
book 14 of epigrams
what was book 8 of martial’s epigrams called
xenia
what was book 14 of martial’s epigrams called
apophoreta
who deeply respected catullus
martial
who were martial’s literary friends
- quintilian
- lucan
- seneca the younger
- juvenal
- pliny the younger
- silius italicus
who later owned a cottage at nomentum
martial
when did martial return to spain
100 AD
why does martial flatter domitian
out of necessity
what is ironic about martial’s flattery of domitian
his friends juvenal and tacitus hate him
who says “soles…qui nobis pereunt et imputantur”
martial
who says a famous quote about sundials
martial
who wrote a poem about a slave gril who died 6 days before her 6th birthday
martial
what Is martial’s most moving poem about
a slave girl who died 6 days before her 6th birthday
