Martial
Marcus Valerius Martialis was born sometime around 40 A D at Bilbilis, a small town in the north-east of Spain.
Laudant illa sed ista legunt.
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.
The mode of death is sadder than death itself.
I do not love thee, Sabidius, nor can I say why; this only I can say, I do not love thee.
The bee enclosed and through the amber shown
Seems buried in the juice which was his own.
Nullos esse deos, inane caelum
Adfirmat Segius: probatque, quod se
Factum, dum negat haec, videt beatum.
Semper eris pauper, si pauper es, Aemiliane;
Dantur opes nulli nunc, nisi divitibus.
Quisquis ubique habitat, Maxime, nusquam habitat.
Si post fata venit gloria, non propero.