Marcus Valerius Martialis, Roman poet (1814). Marcus Valerius Martialis, known in English as Martial, was a Latin poet who lived in Hispania (Spain) during the 1st century AD.

Poetry: Marcus Valerius Martialis, born in Spain around 40 AD. Brendan Kennelly was born two millennia later is a kindred spirit to Martial, writes Theo Dorgan and shares with him a distaste for ...

Marcus Valerius Martialis, Roman poet (1814). Marcus Valerius Martialis, known in English as Martial, was a Latin poet who lived in Hispania (Spain) during the 1st century AD.