Social Commentaries
Book XIV, 150 (Ker)
Translated by Walter C. A. Ker (1919–20) · From Epigrams (Loeb, 1919–20)
Social Commentaries
This present the land of Memphis makes you: now has the needle of Babylon been surpassed by the sley of the Nile.
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Martial. “Book XIV, 150 (Ker).” Translated by Walter C. A. Ker. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/martial/1712/.
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