Social Commentaries
Book XI, Epigram 38 (Ker)
Translated by Walter C. A. Ker (1919–20) · From Epigrams (Loeb, 1919–20)
Social Commentaries
A mule-driver was lately sold, Aulus, for twenty thousand sesterces. Do you wonder at so heavy a price? He was deaf
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Martial. “Book XI, Epigram 38 (Ker).” Translated by Walter C. A. Ker. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/martial/1296/.
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Martial. “Book XI, Epigram 38 (Ker).” Translated by Walter C. A. Ker. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/martial/1296/.
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