Martial

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Basic data

  1. Martialis, Marcus Valerius
  2. March 1, 40 in Bilbilis
  3. between January 1, 102 and December 31, 104 in Bilbilis
  4. Dichter, Schriftsteller
  5. Rom, Nomentum, Bilbilis

Iconography

Likeness of Martial, supposedly engraved from an ancient gem (Source: Wikimedia)
15th-century manuscript of the Epigrams (Source: Wikimedia)
Pereunt et imputantur ("[the hours] pass away and [yet] are accounted for") is commonly inscribed on clocks, as on this one in Palermo. (Source: Wikimedia)
Bildnis des Marcus Valerius Martialis, Gessner, Salomon - um 1760 (Quelle: Digitaler Portraitindex)

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