Social Commentaries
Book V, Epigram 75: De Pompeio
Translated by R. Fletcher (1656) · From Ex Otio Negotium (1656)
Social Commentaries
Great Pompey's Sons Europe and Asia both
Interr, Lybia himselfe, if any doth?
What wonder through the world to see him slain;
So great a fall one field could not contain.
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Martial. “Book V, Epigram 75: De Pompeio.” Translated by R. Fletcher. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/martial/121/.
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Martial. “Book V, Epigram 75: De Pompeio.” Translated by R. Fletcher. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/martial/121/.
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