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Martial
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Marcus Valerius Martialis (known in English as Martial ; March, between 38 and 41 AD – between 102 and 104 AD) was a Roman and Celtiberian poet born in Bilbilis, Hispania (modern Spain), 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.
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Martial, born Marcus Valerius Martialis in 42 and died in 104, was an Ancient Roman poet and writer. A member of the Valeria gens, he was a male citizen of Ancient Rome who spoke and wrote in Latin. His primary field of work was the epigram, and he is noted for the genre of satire. His notable work is the *Epigrammata*. He was born and died in Augusta Bilbilis.
Martial is described in sources including the Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, the Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition, and The Nuttall Encyclopædia. His writings include quotes such as "Lasciva est nobis pagina, vita proba." and "Non est, crede mihi, sapientis dicere ‘Vivam’." He is referenced by 810 other encyclopedia articles.
Synthesized by Vinony from 44 facts across 9 sources: Wikidata, Open Library, MusicBrainz, OpenAlex, Last.fm, Crossref, Wikiquote, Europeana Sparql, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1891
- Died
- 1976
- Works
- 41
Top works
- La philosophie transcendantale de Salomon Maīmon
- Nouvelles réflexions sur la preuve ontologique de Descartes
- Berkeley
- Études sur Descartes, Spinoza, Malebranche et Leibniz
- Étendue et psychologie chez Malebranche
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- France
- Active from
- 1927-08-23
- Active to
- 2024-12-12
Discography
- Modern Sounds: France1954
- Escale à Paris1956
- Réunion a Paris1956
- Martial Solal et son grand orchestre1958
- Martial Solal1960
- En Liberté1965
- Electrodes1966
- Zoller Koller Solal1966
- Fafasifa1967
- Action1969
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 8,026
- Total plays
- 65,941
Tags
Similar artists
There is more than one artist with this name: 1) Polish NSBM band, released 3 demos in 1997. Signed to label Satanic Skinhead Propaganda in 2011 for the new Mlp: Execution. 2) French rap singer Martial Tricoche from the group Manau - he also released 1 solo album under the name Martial. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Martial">Read more on Last.fm</a>
Academic profile · OpenAlex
- Works
- 591
- Cited by
- 42,642
Research areas
Most cited works
- Using spin images for efficient object recognition in cluttered 3D scenes1999 · 2,633 cit
- Autonomous driving in urban environments: Boss and the Urban Challenge2008 · 1,501 cit
- A spectral technique for correspondence problems using pairwise constraints2005 · 1,241 cit
- PCN: Point Completion Network2018 · 949 cit
- Putting Objects in Perspective2008 · 822 cit
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 310 diseases and injuries, 1990–2015: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015
· 2016 · cited 5,701x
- Global, regional, and national life expectancy, all-cause mortality, and cause-specific mortality for 249 causes of death, 1980–2015: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015
· 2016 · cited 5,083x
- Clinical End Points in Coronary Stent Trials
· 2007 · cited 4,969x
- Global, regional, and national comparative risk assessment of 79 behavioural, environmental and occupational, and metabolic risks or clusters of risks, 1990–2015: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015
· 2016 · cited 3,508x
- Gradient-tailored excitation for single-quantum NMR spectroscopy of aqueous solutions
· 1992 · cited 3,419x
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Quotes
- “Lasciva est nobis pagina, vita proba.”
- “Non est, crede mihi, sapientis dicere ‘Vivam’:Sera nimis vita est crastina: vive hodie.”
- “Cineri gloria sera venit.”
- “Stop abusing my verses, or publish some of your own.”
- “You complain, friend Swift, of the length of my epigrams, but you yourself write nothing. Yours are shorter.”
- “Invitas nullum nisi cum quo, Cotta, lavaris et dant convivam balnea sola tibi mirabar quare numquam me, Cotta, vocasses: iam scio me nudum displicuisse tibi.”
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Key facts
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- March, between 38 and 41 AD
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- Augusta Bilbilis, Hispania Tarraconensis, Roman Empire
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- Between 102 and 104 AD (age about 64)
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- Augusta Bilbilis, Hispania Tarraconensis, Roman Empire
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- Roman
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- Satire
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- Epigrams
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Works in European collections
35 objects attributed to Martial, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
Sharpness and Art of Wit: in which all modes and differences of concetes are explained...
Martialis
Martialis Epigrammata
Martialis
M. Val. Martialis epigrammaton libri.. Volume I [Printed Text]
Obras de Marcial [Manuscrito]
Epigrammata [Manuscript]
M. Valerii Martialis Epigrammatum libri [Texto impreso] :]ad optimos codices recensiti & castigati ; tomus primus [- secundus]
M. Val. Martialis Epigrammaton libri XII [Printed text]:] Xeniorum liber I, Apophoretorum liber I, omnia ad vetustiorum codicum fidem diligenter emendata... opera Hadriani Iunj medici
Martialis [Printed Text]
Domitivs Calderinvs. Martialis. Georgivs Merula.
M. Valerii Martialis Epigrammatum libri XV
M. V. Martialis Epigrammata ad codices parisinos Marrecensita variis lectionibus, notis veteribus et novis, graeca interdum versione, notitia literaria, et indice locupletissimo, illustraverunt quinque parisiensis academiae professors
M. V. Martialis Epigrammata ad codices parisinos Marrecensita variis lectionibus, notis veteribus et novis, graeca interdum versione, notitia literaria, et indice locupletissimo, illustraverunt quinque parisiensis academiae professors
M. V. Martialis Epigrammata ad codices parisinos Marrecensita variis lectionibus, notis veteribus et novis, graeca interdum versione, notitia literaria, et indice locupletissimo, illustraverunt quinque parisiensis academiae professors
M. Valerii Martialis Epigrammatum books XV
M. Val. Martialis Epigrammaton libri animadversi emendati et commentariolis luculenter explicati
M. Val. Martialis Epigrammata demptis obscenis
M. V. Martialis Epigrammata ad codices parisinos Marrecensita variis lectionibus, notis veteribus et novis, graeca interdum versione, notitia literaria, et indice locupletissimo, illustraverunt quinque parisiensis academiae professors
M. V. Martialis Epigrammata ad codices parisinos Marrecensita variis lectionibus, notis veteribus et novis, graeca interdum versione, notitia literaria, et indice locupletissimo, illustraverunt quinque parisiensis academiae professors
M. V. Martialis Epigrammata ad codices parisinos Marrecensita variis lectionibus, notis veteribus et novis, graeca interdum versione, notitia literaria, et indice locupletissimo, illustraverunt quinque parisiensis academiae professors
M. Valerii Martialis Epigrammatum libri XV
M. Valerii Martialis Epigrammata ad optima editiones collata praemittitur notitia literaria studiis Societatis Bipontinae
Complete works by M. V. Martial
M. Val Martialis
M. Val. Martialis Epigrammaton libri XIIII
M. Valerii Martialis epigrammaton libri omnes
M. Val. Martialis epigrammata demptis obscenis
M. Valerii Martialis Epigrammata
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Encyclopedic overview
11 sectionsContents
- Early life
- Life in Rome
- Martial and his patrons
- Martial's character
- Martial's ''Epigrams''
- Reception
- Notes
- References
- External links
- Works
- Other links
Marcus Valerius Martialis (known in English as Martial ; March, between 38 and 41 AD – between 102 and 104 AD) was a Roman and Celtiberian poet born in Bilbilis, Hispania (modern Spain), 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.
Martial has been called the greatest Latin epigrammatist.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Martial” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.