“You praise, in three hundred verses, Sabellus, the baths of Ponticus, who gives you a wretched dinner. You wish to dine, Sabellus, not to bathe.”

About Martial

Poet • Roman

Marcus Valerius Martialis, known as Martial, was a Roman poet from Hispania, celebrated for his twelve books of Epigrams. His work offers a satirical and witty commentary on Roman city life, satirizing the scandalous...