Social Commentaries
Book VI, Epigram 4: Adulatorium Caesarem
Translated by R. Fletcher (1656) · From Ex Otio Negotium (1656)
Social Commentaries
Most Mighty Caesar, King of kings, to whom
Rome owes so many tryumphs yet to come,
So many Temples growing and restored,
So many Spectacles, gods, Cities: Lord
She yet in debt to thee doth more remain,
That she by thee is once made chast again.
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Martial. “Book VI, Epigram 4: Adulatorium Caesarem.” Translated by R. Fletcher. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/martial/125/.
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Martial. “Book VI, Epigram 4: Adulatorium Caesarem.” Translated by R. Fletcher. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/martial/125/.
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