Social Commentaries
Book XIV, 34: Sickle (Ker)
Translated by Walter C. A. Ker (1919–20) · From Epigrams (Loeb, 1919–20)
Social Commentaries
Me our Captain's assured peace has bent to serve quiet uses: the husbandman's am I now, the soldier's was I aforetime.
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Martial. “Book XIV, 34: Sickle (Ker).” Translated by Walter C. A. Ker. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/martial/1598/.
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Martial. “Book XIV, 34: Sickle (Ker).” Translated by Walter C. A. Ker. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/martial/1598/.
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