Social Commentaries
Book XIV, 35: A Small Axe (Ker)
Translated by Walter C. A. Ker (1919–20) · From Epigrams (Loeb, 1919–20)
Social Commentaries
When a melancholy auction for payment of debts was held, this was bought for four hundred thousand sesterces.
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Martial. “Book XIV, 35: A Small Axe (Ker).” Translated by Walter C. A. Ker. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/martial/1599/.
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Martial. “Book XIV, 35: A Small Axe (Ker).” Translated by Walter C. A. Ker. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/martial/1599/.
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